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OCR Page 1 of 6The President
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Washington, D.C.
CRET
15 October 1950
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 110
(maps attached)
From 0700/14 (EST) to 0700/15 (EST)
From 2100/14 (Korea) to 2100/15 (Korea)
1. Situation in Brief:
The 1st U.S. Cavalry Division captured Namchonjom, the 1st
ROK Division seized Singye, and the 8th ROK Division reached the vicinity
of Koksan. The 8th ROK Division encountered little opposition during its
30-mile thrust northwest to Koksan, and leading elements were reported
by friendly air to have reached the south bank of the Nan River. The 1st
ROK Division encountered stubbornly resisting hostile forces supported
by at least 6 tanks slightly north of Singye. On the east coast, elements
of the ROK Capitol Division broke through thinly-held Communist lines
and advanced through Yonghung, while other elements of the Division are
heavily engaged in the Ko area. Minesweeping operations continued in
the Wonsan area. MISSOURI, WORCESTER, ATHABASKAN, WARRAMUNGA,
GURKE, and HENDERSON bombarded targets of opportunity on the north-
east coast. HELENA and COCKADE bombarded targets of opportunity on
the northeast coast and then patrolled southward. Planes from PHILIPPINE
SEA, LEYTE, VALLEY FORGE, and BOXER hit enemy defenses and trans-
portation facilities in the Wonsan area. Planes from THESEUS struck
targets in the Chinnampo area. There were 226 naval air sorties on 14
October, and FEAF aircraft flew 536 sorties including 257 combat The
Cargo Command flew a record of 268 sorties which lifted 1,324 tons of
passengers and freight. On 15 October, 23 B-29's were dispatched to con
tinue the attack against enemy communications and transportation targets.
(FECOM)(SECRET)
2. Weather:
Scattered low clouds with generally good visibility over all Korea.
Forecast: Broken low clouds over north Korea becoming broken to over-
cast over south Korea. Visibility 8 to 10 miles lowering to 1 to 3 miles in
light rain and early morning fog and haze. (FEAF) (SECRET)
3. Soviet Participation:
Negative.
DECLASSIFIED
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18,
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
By NLT-
HC
NARS,
2/14/86
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