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Reds Push Back at Pohang Gates in Korean War
Across the Taegu front US forces battled dense Red resistance as the 1st Cavalry and 2nd Division pressed a two day fight around Pohang Kigye and Changdong. Reports say Hill 518 near Waegwan remained contested with NK troops entrenched. US air strikes targeted tanks near Indong and near Nam river, while 17 miles southwest of Taegu the 2nd Division extended the lower flank. Massive casualties cited in the sector, with 1200 NK killed in the period and US forces claiming hundreds more.
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1St Cavalry
Waegwan
Wia
Nak- Tong River
Pivotal
Taegu
First Cavalry Division
Indong On
Naktong
Hyonpung
Changdong
Hwasandong
Ulhung
Chidong-Ni
Kigye
Pohang
Korea
U.S. 25Th Division
Pusan
Nam River
North Korea
1St Cavalry Division
Lroope
U.S