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    "ocrText": "I\nb. I US Corps: Patrols from the 1st ROK and the 1st British\nCommonwealth Divisions engaged squad- to company-size groups across\nthe Imjin River. 1st ROK Division units observed numerous other groups\nup to battalion size south and east of Kaesong. An estimated 220 rounds\nof enemy mortar and artillery fire fell on 1st British Commonwealth Divi-\nsion positions. Elements of the 1st US Cavalry Division attacked nine\nmiles northwest of Yonchon and gained up to 2,000 yards against groups\nof undetermined size. An enemy company attacked a Cavalry Division\npatrol base at 260050 (KI); the action had decreased by 260600 (KT). One\nhundred fifty rounds of mixed artillery fire fell on a patrol base position\nin the Division sector. Friendly patrols destroyed 80 cases of energy\nmortar ammunition west of Chorwon. Units of the 9th ROK Division re-\npulsed four probing attacks by squad- to company-strength groups north-\nwest and north of Chorwon, Division patrols engaged squad-size hostile\ngroups. (FECOM) (SECRET)\nCu IX US Corps: Elements of the 25th US Infantry Division (Tur-\nkish Brigade attached) patrolled against groups of squad, platoon, and\nundetermined size west and north of Kumhwa. One probing attack by a\ngroup of undetermined size was repulsed. A tank-infantry task force\nprobed north of Kumhwa against an undetermined number of enemy.\nElements of the 2d ROK Division attacked against platoon-strength resis-\ntance southwest of Kumsong and repulsed a counterattack by two enemy\nplatoons in the same area; friendly elements withdrew to previous posi-\ntions. A tank-infantry task force probed along the Kumhwa-Kumsong\nroad and engaged groups of undetermined size. A hostile company forced\na friendly reconnaissance company to withdraw on the morning of 26 Oc-\ntober. Right flank units of the 24th US Infantry Division attacked groups\nof undetermined size southeast of Kumsong and later disengaged. Ele-\nments of the Division patrolled more than two miles north of Kumsong\nagainst squad- to company-size groups, Outpost elements repulsed two\nplatoon=strength attacks two miles southwest of Kumsong, and a rein-\nforced hostile platoon attacked two miles south of Kumsong. Two smaller\nenemy probing attacks were repulsed in the Division sector, and a Divi-\nsion tank patrol advanced about a mile on the Division right flank, fired\non a group of undetermined size, then returned to former positions. On\nthe Corps right flank, elements of the 6th ROK Division continued to attack\nand made slight advances just west of the Pukhan River against two hostile\nplatoons. A company=strength probing attack, eight miles southeast of\nKumsong, forced Division units to withdraw about 1, 000 yards. (FECOM)\n(SECRET)\n25"
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