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3,102
3/7/8
SEC,
Jun,
Washington, D. C.
Date,
8 January 1953
NARS,
JOINT SITREP NO. 567
(Maps attached)
bod
From 0700/5 Jan (EST) to 0700/8 Jan (EST)
From 2100/5 Jan (Korea) to 2100/8 Jan (Korea)
1. Weather:
Weather for the period ranged from nonoperational to operational.
The first two days of the period had high-broken to overcast conditions,
with rain and snow showers. The last day was marginal with broken
clouds. Battle line temperatures ranged from a maximum of 250 to a
minimum of 50.F. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
Enemy activity flared briefly during the night of 5-6 January in the
west-central and east-central sectors and on the morning of 6 January in
the central sector. Enemy activity decreased throughout the remainder
of the period. In the west-central sector, during the night of 5-6 January,
two enemy probes of company strength were made against OP positions of
the 9th ROK Division at JANE RUSSELL HILL and on SNIPER RIDGE. Both
attacks were repulsed after engagements of up to one-hour-and-twenty min-
utes' duration. On the following day, three additional probes of platoon and
two-platoon strength were repulsed in the SNIPER RIDGE area. In the cen-
tral sector, in the early morning of 6 January, two probes of platoon and
company strength were made against OP positions of the 3d ROK Division,
four to five miles east of the PUKHAN RIVER. In one attack, UN elements
were forced to withdraw and the enemy company followed to the MLR,
where an engagement of 35 minutes resulted in 82 enemy killed and one cap-
tured, About three miles southeast of this action, during the night of 5-6
January, two platoon=strength attacks, supported by approximately 1, 600
rounds of mortar and artillery fire, were repulsed from OP positions of the
7th ROK Division after engagements of up to one hour's duration. Elsewhere
across the front, action was limited to minor probes and patrol clashes. On
6 January, there was no enemy contact reported in seven UN divisions
sectors; on 7 January, there was no enemy contact reported from the vicinity
of KORANGPO (I US Corps sector) to KUMHWA (IX US Corps sector). Hostile
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