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Combat Actions in Korea: Chapter 8 Chipyong-ni
Part of the Army Historical Series from the Army Center for Military History.
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Leadership in the crucible : the Korean War battles of Twin Tunnels & Chipyong-ni by Kenneth E. Hamburger
Call Number: DS918.2 .C37 H36 2002
ISBN: 1585442321
Publication Date: 2003-04-07
At the pivotal battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni in February 1951, U.N. forces met and contained large-scale attacks by Chinese forces. Colonel Paul Freeman and the larger-than-life Colonel Ralph Monclar led the American 23rd Infantry Regiment and the French Bataillon de Corée, respectively, in the fierce and dangerous battles that followed the precipitous U.N. retreat down the Korean Peninsula. In Leadership in the Crucible, Kenneth Hamburger details the actions of the units in the United Nations counteroffensive following the Chinese intervention, including routine patrols, the harrowing battle of Twin Tunnels, and the pivotal siege of Chipyong-ni.

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Battle of Chipyong-ni

By US Center for Military History - http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/maps/map23_full.jpg,

Mid-February 1951 perimeter defense engagement involving the 23d Infantry Regimental Combat Team (RCT) of the 2d Infantry Division and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA, Chinese Communists) in and around the small village of Chipyong-ni about fifty miles east of Seoul.

The fighting at Chipyong-ni established that UN and U.S. forces could withstand anything and everything that the Communists could throw at them. The CPVA never again held the clear strategic initiative in the war.

taken from - Spencer C. Tucker et al., eds., Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History Volume I (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000), 142-143.