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1 Washington, D.C. 15 August 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 324 (Maps attached) From 0700/14 (EST) to 0700/15 (EST) From 2100/14 (Korea) to 2100/15 (Korea) 1. Weather: Scattered to broken high clouds over all Korea. Isolated patches of middle clouds. Scattered broken low clouds decreasing during the period. Visibility good. Forecast: Broken high middle and low clouds. Visibility three to five miles. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Hostile groups of company- to battalion-size stubbornly resisted a friendly limited attack north of Sohwa and engaged UN patrols in sever- al sharp encounters south of Kumsong, in the center of the front. Air observed new and serviceable bridges on the Kumhwa-Changdo road, and a large number of half-tracks hauling field guns (estimated as 120-mm. caliber) moving south in the vicinity of Pyongyang, (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. Friendly forces continued to attack north of Sohwa and made a slight advance. ROK and British Commonwealth troops launched a limited attack across the Imjin River in the extreme western sector and probed deep into enemy territory east of Kaesong. Elsewhere, UN patrols maintained contact with hostile forces. The 1st Battalion, 34th US Infantry Regiment, has arrived in Korea and is attached to the 25th US Infantry Division, I US Corps, for operational control. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 He Date 2/28/81