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1 Washington, D.C. 29 August 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 334 (Maps attached) From 0700/28 (EST) to 0700/29 (EST) From 2100/28 (Korea) to 2100/29 (Korea) 1. Weather: Multilayered clouds, moving southward, were observed over central and northern Korea during the period. Visibility one to three miles, im- proving to eight outside the frontal zone. Forecast: Scattered clouds for all Korea with broken low clouds. Visibility eight miles (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: The enemy hurled several battalion-strength and smaller size attacks at friendly forces north and northeast of Yanggu, forcing slight withdrawals at two points. All other enemy attacks were repulsed or contained during the period. A heavy volume of 76-mm. artillery fire fell on ROK forces in the eastern sectors. Poor weather again limited enemy vehicle sightings. Air observed a total of 683g of which 277 were moving south. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: ARMY: a. General: UN forces continued to attack high ground objec- tives in the east-central and eastern se ctors and made slight gains in heavy fighting. Friendly patrols encountered slight resistance in other sectors. The 25th US Infantry Division passed to control of the IX US Corps at 281800 Korean time. No report of a boundary change between the I and IX US Corps has been received. (FECOM) (SECRET). b. I US Corps: Patrols from the 1st ROK 1st US Cavalry, and 3d US Infantry Divisions engaged or observed small enemy groups across the front. No enemy contact was reported by the 1st British Com- nonwealth Division. Southwest of Chorwon, right flank elements of the 1st US Cavalry Division were relieved by left flank elements of the 3d US Infantry Division. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 By NLT- HV NARS, Date 2/28/81