The Division's total front line extended about 18000 yards, with different Regiments defending the same areas at different times, along with other UN forces. The US 2nd Infantry Divisions and 1st Marine Divisions were probably the most prominent, and took part in savage fighting throughout the area. One of the most bitterly contested battlegrounds was called 'The Hook'.
The Hook was part of an east-west ridge four miles northwest of the confluence of the Samichon and Imjin Rivers. Some of the most savage hand-to-hand fighting there was by the Black Watch 1st Battalion in November of 1952, and the French Battalion and 2nd ID units in March of 1953. The Marines fought several bitter actions around the Hook as well, and about a mile southwest in attacks on Chinese-held Hill Detroit. RAR did its share.
The distance from the enemy along our general divisional front differed widely in many places. The Hook saw our troops actually sharing
the same feature as the Chinese, only some 300 yards apart. So close to the enemy, day-to-day living conditions were very tenuous.
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Snowy and Robbie
Sun bathing on the reverse slope
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Dry spell
During the typhoon season
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Teatime
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LMG Training
Serious? Wouldn't you be?
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Yeh, that'll work
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Rosy
Wasn't raining.
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P.O.W.
One of ours
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Coll Sphers
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The Rains Came
Often and heavily.
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Little comforts, '53
Hurry up with that beer!
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Bunker collapsing, '53
Too much rain.
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Prefabricated Bunkers
By '53, a touch of style.
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The Thinker, July '53
As ever, with a smoke.
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Stone age men, '53
Home is what you make it
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Soldiering on
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Vanderloop
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One day the full-time whistle blew and our long game of death finally ended.
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New Tenant
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Our Gang
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Headgear
When forced to wear helmets, 1953
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The Hook, July '53
Blessed Truce
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2200 hrs
27th July, 1953
Handguns broken down - but Blinky still there to protect us if the fighting starts again
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Blinky Smith
Lt. Alec Weaver
Cpl. Ron Cashman
There _Will_ be a tomorrow
!!!!!
(And will I have a headache!)
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