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OCR Page 1 of 8The President
SECRET
Washington, D.C.
13 September 1950
1
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 78
(maps attached)
From 0800/12 (EDT) to 0800/13 (EDT)
From 2100/12 (KT) to 1200/13 (KT)
1. Situation in Brief:
GROUND
Enemy action in all sectors except the Yongchon area limited to
patrolling, light mortar fire, and minor infiltrations. ROK forces in the
Yongchon area continued to advance against light opposition.
NAVY
Ships of the east coast patrol continued the blockade of Pohang,
and provided effective harassing and interdiction fire. BRUSH shelled and
silenced a shore battery which had taken the ship under fire. PHILIPPINE
SEA and VALLEY FORGE aircraft ranged the west coast, striking targets
in the cities and towns, as well as AA positions. British ships patrolled
the west coast, while ROK navy vessels searched the inshore waters for
enemy craft.
AIR
On 12 September, FEAF aircraft flew 495 sorties, of which 290
were combat. On 13 September, FEAF dispatched 64 B-29's against the
following targets: 24 aircraft attacked marshaling yards northwest of
Taegu; 9 aircraft attacked bridges in central Korea; 29 aircraft attacked
rail targets in north and central Korea; and 2 aircraft dropped leaflets.
All bombing attacks were made visually. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Weather:
Scattered clouds over north Korea with bases at 3,000 feet;
multiple layer clouds with bases at 2,000 feet over central Korea with
occasional showers; broken to overcast low clouds at 2,000 feet over south
Korea. Considerable cloudiness and rain over Kyushu. Forecast: Little
change in north Korea; broken clouds with showers and thunderstorms over
central and southwest Korea; southeast Korea overcast with light rain. By
0900/14 (KT) a typhoon approaching Kyushu from the southwest is expected
to be at 35N/134-30E. (FEAF) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, 5199
DOD Directive 5100
2/14/81
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