Extracted text

OCR Page 1 of 7
SCC. 3407 June, 18, Date, Sings The President A Washington, D.C. 27 December 1950 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 163 (maps attached) Signature 1 From 0700/26 (EST) to 0700/27 (EST) DOD From 2100/26 (Korea) to 2100/27 (Korea) 1. Situation in Brief: Following a 24 hour period of relative quiet in the right portion of the ROK III Corps sector northeast of Chunchon, the enemy launched 3 attacks, each of battalion strength, against the 21st ROK Regiment. One of these efforts effected a penetration of approximately 1 mile before being contained. The ROK troops, closely supported by air strikes, launched a counterattack which was making favorable progress. The other ROK units under attack were holding their positions. Fighting was still in progress during the morning of 27 December. Elements of the 29th ROK Regiment were engaged with an estimated battalion, approximately 5 miles east of Hyon; but results of the action were unreported. Other hostile contacts con- sisted of 2 patrol skirmishes along the Imjin River near the Army left flank. The U.S. X Corps, now under U.S. Eighth Army control, has assem- bled 95 percent of its Corps troops at Kyongju. Eighteen percent of the per- sonnel and 30 percent of the equipment of the 3d U.S. Infantry Division closed in the vicinity of Madong. On 26 December, U.N. aircraft under FEAF control flew 668 sorties. (FECOM) (SECRET) 2. Weather: Clear throughout Korea except for a brief period of broken to overcast low clouds, and snow showers during a cold front passage. Fore- cast: Clear throughout Korea until 1200/28 (KT) then scattered to broken low and middle clouds. Visibility good, except in early morning haze and smoke. (FEAF)(SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. U.S. I Corps: Units of the 25th U.S. Infantry Division main- tained defense positions and patrolled the Division area. An undetermined number of enemy were attacked at 1445/26 (KT) 6 miles north of Munsan. A friendly patrol observed an enemy force, estimated at 500-700, moving south 6 miles northwest of Munsan at 2130/26 (KT). The 11th and 12th Regi- ments of the 1st ROK Division continued in defense positions from 5 miles northeast of Munsan to the vicinity of Sochon. An enemy platoon approaching