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II 1 Washington, D.C. 27 August 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 332 (Maps attached) From 0700/24 (EST) to 0700/27 (EST) From 2100/24 (Korea) to 2100/27 (Korea) 1. Weather: Multilayered clouds decreasing during the period. Visibility two to four miles lifting to eight miles. Forecast: Scattered high and low clouds with broken middle clouds, Visibility six to eight miles. (FEAF) (SECRI ET) 2. Enemy Situation: Hostile groups of company- and battalion-strength counterattacked sharply in the central and east-central sectors and made one 800-yard penetration of friendly positions north of Yanggu. Friendly units later counterattacked to regain the lost ground. Other smaller probing attacks were repulsed. An estimated 100 enemy vehicles were observed moving south into the area 14 miles northeast of Sohwa, near the east coast, then north out of the area. Enemy groups of 200 to 1, 500 and pack animals and supplies were observed in the area southeast of Kumsong and west of Kumsong. During the period, air observed a total of 7, 690 enemy vehi- cles, of which 3, 224 were moving south. Moderate to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire fell on friendly positions northeast of Yanggi2. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED 3. United Nations Situation: E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 ARMY: By NLT- HV NARS, Date 2128181 a. General: Friendly units attacked and advanced slightly more than a mile in the central sector, north of Hwachon, and held posi- tions against strong enemy counterattacks in the area north of Yanggu. ROK forces on the extreme east coast advanced to a point three miles south of Kosong and later withdrew. Elsewhere across the front, United Nations forces patrolled aggressively against light to moderate enemy resistance. (FECOM) (SECRET)