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Washington, D. C.
25 January 1952
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 438
(Maps attached)
From 0700/24 (EST) to 0700/25 (EST)
From 2100/24 (Korea) to 2100/25 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Broken to overcast clouds and showers over all Korea becoming clear.
Visibility 1 to 2 miles in snow showers, otherwise unrestricted. Battle area
temperature 3 to 24 degrees. Forecast: Clear becoming scattered low clouds.
Visibility unrestricted, Temperatures 0 to 28. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
Enemy activity was limited to patrol intercepts during the period. The
adjusted total of vehicle sightings for 22-23 January is 2, 568, of which 1, 991
were southbound. (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
ARMY:
a. General: UN forces continued to engage enemy groups in
patrol clashes across the front. West of Chorwon, a company-sized raiding
group from the 45th US Division encountered resistance from an estimated
enemy battalion, (FECOM) (SECRET)
b. I US Corps: Patrols from the 1st ROK, 1st British Common-
wealth, and the 3d US Divisions encountered resistance from enemy groups up
to platoon size, Eight miles west of Chorwon, a company-strength raiding
group from the 45th US Division was opposed by an estimated enemy battalion.
During this engagement, 500 rounds of enemy mortar and artillery fire were
directed against the friendly raiding group. Just north of this engagement,
friendly artillery destroyed an enemy tank. A patrol from the 9th ROK Divi-
sion engaged an enemy platoon west-northwest of Chorwon, (FECOM) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979.
By NLT-
NARS, Date
3/7/81
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