UNITED NATIONS SECURITY GENERAL I s/1689 COUNCIL 15 August 1950
The Representative of the United States to the United Xatims predenta hi6 comfllmen+,s to the Smretery*neral,of the united ?htloss i3sd h-k the Zcnour to lzarmuit herewith, for the infomation of the Seo&ity Courzil, ths fvm oonmnLque8 i&ma& by Geneml Douglas MacArthur, ComsUerdn-Chief of United Nation0 Cocnnand, during t&o la&‘for+eight hours:
Releaee 244, issued at 12~15 A.&, SumIcy (lo:15 &Ma, Satmlay, Eactern Daylight Tim) Release 246, issued at 12~30 P&k9 Sunday (lO.o:ZO P.M., Saturday, Xaeterc Daylfght Time) e Release 247, issuea et 1:50 P.M., Sunday (l&50 P.MU, Saturday, Eastern Da~llghtT&s) Release &8,.itmuea st 5:?0 PUM., Sunaay (3:30 A.M., Zaetern Daylight Tizze) Releees 249, issued at l2:5O A&, Monday (lo:50 A.M.., Sunday, Eastmn Daxllght Time) ReZeaee 250, lamed at 12&O P,M., &!!vday (1x):40 P.M., Sunday; EsstoznDa~light Tim) Relesae 251, mued et L:50 P&L, Iconday (31:50 PJ4., Sundey, E&stem D-aylight Time) / s/P5eg Pago 2 ‘. ,
” ki&tirg in FOhanfj cOntiW3fl, @l-d while tile BitU3tiCUl i0 Lot Jret Cb3W it was believed to be %UC& iruprov&". The ConUmln$ota.'contiule: to move rdx?orcement~~&xoas the ;$drtoqpJtiS%th the Chardgnyong and h'eegren sectors. 4 prZsoner of war. .claim~d tb at th3 Sdxteenth, Sevsntaenth.e,nd .Eighteentii Reamentn o.f thixCommunist Foi~l-tI~ Di&;&oti'haie crossed. Fighting continued'he&vy in and around this brid&heti. The two roadblocks reported earlier on the xodoa;tto ~liryzng contixed to haz~per vehicle 813x3win3 conm3unicatiom3. I I . *: " _.'I '... Task Force fjkan cor.tinued to be pIe.g:ed by hee.*,y tifiltrf+ioq cP.enemy W~opy f3& &ile*ill&~'drbseed &a refugees trho attac'led eu?~rting'field artllLe&> ur.itU in.the raxc area+ ,The Marines, mating west i%Jru Xoaong, heve,d~~t~l~d.~~~~-f~v~ . . 3,.,z..,:,;...z, motorcycleg,.twenty-four*, . . .
B-29 Superfortreeees utruck heavy blow6 at the Ncrth iW?een .inc?uatricl potential am3 trar?a~rt&ttion system yesteztlay while dntaining, ‘along nlth.the Royal Au&r&lien Air Force, fuP1 scale tactic& 6uppcrt of IJnite6 Natioqs &oiIncl . trooy In file South Korean battla area. . i ,.
fklmrfortress citrikeee Were launch&.on tke stretegio %ridg3 e@Sm,- port facilities, and supply handli.~ points, north of the TMrt~-eighth Parallel. _. .The prlmasg target for Fer East Mr Fame's Bomber Conzna& Bi29 me&xi botiers on I2 August ',:88 &x3 irnporte-qt X0&h Xoreaa port sild~tiil trcaa@Upmant centor of Bajln on the nortbeaetexn coest seventeen miles from 'de Tumen River.
hb.t? than m tons of bombs xez-e dropped by three successive wave8 of Superfidreaaec. Heavy cloua co7er over the target eree. mde it cecesaary ta bomb with radar sighting tud prevented anal.ysLs of the reaultent dexage to the dock areea, mars5~ir.g yarc? end etor3ge fccilitiea for oil and otker military Wdpplie:, Which w3re the objective0 of the bomber atriko.
Positive ids&ificatlon of the taqet w&s de by the tiar opcrztors a:nce the Lniuetrial ob;ectivcs were located on 3 Cietinctive grcmr-torr T.McS extcmds into the J~~EXZLSeer. SugeZTorta etruck et eeveral other tzzgeets noe 4 of the Thirty-eighth Perellel, hctidine; the key marehcllirg y&&s et Eedxz~g 3n tie east coest rail. line ad et. a rail section of the Xc& c%mical gent et [email protected] bed Lot been includc~ aa a target in the previouo mJor 836zizt on 3 AuSuot. S ,/i6tQ Frzge 3
Rail a116 hi&~&y bridges given high priority for attack in t;he currant effort to slow or stop the flow of Connstniet supplies snd relnfomer∋s were Superfortrase targets for the day. Two and possibly thrse spans on the raGway bildge at Rwangju, twenty-three m.Zee south of ~y~ngysog, were downet by high altitude bombinS strikes and a eeoond railroti bridge atxamei, twenty-n-&e miles northeast of SinaCjU wer9 seriously b!lQ&a . Pulz repc$%s were not e-~ilalise on other bridgae attacked by the Superfortn3eaee 015 Saturday;
Aerial reconnaiss&ce of the aaet coast trenspor&rtion net has confirmed the paralyza effect of the &rat&c interdicticn proSran now in pro,g~ss~ Plight0 over the rail lin3 f33nCkooagJln to Uonsan m-grt3a a cornplate abbaence df rail movements over the entire route. More than 250 Tulsa of the tin rail work were, 0urreyfA without sighting a sir&3 supply tra*nn,
Night combat operations, particularly by Fifth Air Fcrce 3-26:s in t118 rear of the battle area, continued ta mount %n importaxe ao dayli@ a:r activity forced the North I%res~~ forces to reiy almost entixiy on night movemsnts of supplies and troops In the zones south of the Thirty-eighth Perall& Night intruder missions attacked nearly 100 targets of opportunity in *eir aisZ@ea sectors, inclt~dira tro:sp and supply convoys, vehicular concentrations, rail target8 and towns snd vlile@s in the NO-~dh Ko~~-occupied e.~as-which~a~% being used a8 opmktlon~l lm3es or sup&v Storage depots. A truck convoy was bombed near Kunsan and numoro?.~s other convoys bombed or etrafed in centr9.l emd eou~~57.n sectore. A convoy of haif'-tracks pullirq artillery pieces was heavily strafed seven rrGss south of Cho&n. The ~-26’s slso hit end damaged a power station at Pongnycng, near MoLF.
Night mlseions were flown to Kunchcn, Worion, Jurisan, Kwangju, SUnChon, Seoul, Inchon, Chonju ard Taejon, Fifth'& Foxe and Royal AustraXan Air Force fighters flying in direct suppart of Utited States and South Kox~en Sround troopc on "de battle frontu took a heavy toll cf Red Korean troop end material. str9nSth, North Korean infantry ana artilleq *unita were strafed and born& from low altitudes in all sectors. Particc1zd.y effectlve"was the Fe-operation between ,' ground and air in the Chin$~ &a, where Horth Kcroan.-troops on h&h ,?round p?nn%g down-Axn&rican infantry tith contintious fire were ticketed with good meults . Korth Ko?xan troop& were under constmt air attack T??entg-one vehiclea'snd a supply dump'iTl'ths~sa& area were damaged, The enc?IUpoCCUpied village of Turdok was set afire snd destro3ed by nepalm. Trro ammunition clumps near Chojan were set afire. A lerge number of tz-oope on .a slope north of Kogan were a-W&cd. . '. Supply lims rolling from Earth Korea to forces er&nd t;he.citiea of Yongdok and Poheng were severly damaged both at sea aud ou land on the east coast of Korea by blmkading United States ships, BlockaXng forczc _ .Lng off Mayan%, trappea tugs towine; three barges ma -tw mctor vaecels carryin& supFlies. In the firing that followed the barges were lcft aliash and i2 a sirking condiXon, while the motor vessels were beached b3 their crews in sn'effcrt to escape the gunfire,. Off ?!or@ok the blockading forces spotted a truck line of Pift3 vehiclea on the f3h0~3 r0e.a. The truck line wae shattered by gunfire sixl man3 of the vehicles destroyed or disabled. Road blocks, troop concentrations and $unctiws were also shelled b3 the blocksding'force in the vicinity north of Yon@ok. ‘ReL;EAsE 248 pfm@ At.!! 5~30 P&. SUBBAY (3:30 A.M., &YhS.N DAYLZGBT TIME): United StateB Air Force fighter pilots concentrated on attacking milita%v buil&ings west of the Eaktcig River lins in missions flown Sunda3, l-3 August, Most of the buildings were riarehouses containing da30to-day supplies for the North Korean foxcasp I First Liegt. Donald 1,. Goedering, Minneapolis; Minn,, flew his F-80 Jet to Koryong, west of Taegu, and ~%s~di.rected by the controller to one-of the wrshouses. "We got our rockets off nicely and left four buildings burning", he said.. There WE supposed to be 2C mm, flak in the area, but Lieutensnt Goedering said some of the of@+ fliers must have put the @D positions out of order before 'he arrivad. “‘ite watched for the flak,and then: wasn'it m3", he said. First Lieu& Leonard A,&in, O~oeoo,~Xich., another F&O'pilot, was directed efter vehicles on the road betwsen Tuksong end Yaro. "When we Got there we found them already bunled out.bjr an earlier air attack", he said. 'We set fire to a couple of buildings at Yero." ..: Capt. J-s-E. Anderson, Chatem, La.,, flew his Shooting Star in strafing run8 on some big buildings inTuksong, 'We strafed them with 53’s enfi left sebcre!, buxnin#f, he said. The Third Bomb Group with its B-266 continued its night intruder missions against Communist convoys, factories e,sid other tar&b Saturde3 night ad sarly : Sunday mxning. . First Lieu% Robert Martin, 901 Freemen Place, .Tucocjn, Arlz,,.md lllSs crew partlcularLy had a good night. .-They ccored on a bridge ziear Seoul,'cauein@; two e3qiLosions, -etmife~$ a gun battery ami danqeed six 3ui&iings at fnchon ,and hit a talc east of Yongdong. "The tank was bumin& uhen 1 [email protected],. &nd,pter _ confinasd to be out of c~tisoiofi~, he said. i /Eirst Lieut. First Lieut. Pants BsXew, Shreve~rt, La., made hits di coven t1~:ck5 lxx the Taejon.area. 'It isn't easy to Bee at ni&t, but there wa8 ilo I1li8takiPg those trucks“, he said. Also flyir@ a B-26, F:rst Lieut. 'bJayne A, Poeman, lll.0 Springdale Rod, Austin, Tax., further haramsd .the many by flrizg on tracks, a jeep end a taxi? south-east of Seoul, "I ?nade several. bombing ruz8 and sm satisfied that considerable damage was acne", he mid. FliZZXS 24.9, I,- AT l2:5C A&,. MIXDAY (IO:50 A.::. .. SiiiAY, KASTRRN DAYLIGIi TIIE) : I h&CiC~ in%n~%ry eti loarFneS CQnsd.idated their geir,e in th3 Chinju SeCtor. Infiltrdlon otlil remained a threat to the mlsslon of Task Force Kean a8 Noti Korean resistance stiffened. The First Cavalry Division repx%d that an uudetctirml mmber of Conmunlst~ tmope cmssing the I&&tong River have been demoysa or scattered. Rneqv build-up continued in the Waegwan area, tith heavy prossus'e Lielng exsrted by Red units. In the northem.sector, onemy 5HLvity was re-srted quiet with light patml actions en&reports indicating that mmy atmn&h was "thinniq". The total enemy troopa in the Yoheng-K-&ye arm Pa eotirmtod at two re@nentn. Amricam '. arxi South~Koreen units are holding f:rm In the area and repulnir@ &o&h Korean attacks. The most eetioua t&eat to the defense are& remtied in the Chaugnyore area, where repOrb indicated three under-strength enen?y [email protected]~& have breached the river, Eowever these Comiuzxlst troog8 were beiE ccnt&ncd by the l?denV$-fourth Jafantry Division. Duri~& the dey (12-13 August) Sou"!h Korean units est%ated'that the enemy suffered 1,538 casualties 5nd 101 prlSO%EiY of war. ,~5ricfm units reported they had inflicted 530 casualties aud taken thirty-five prisoners of var. REM 250, I- AT X2:40 P.K. VDNDAY(20:4G P.M. SUNDAY, DAYT.IGBT TIXE): United States Far East A:r Forcee end Royal Australia Air Force co&at aircraft cont%~ed to mmnt euccessf'~;l day end night strikes at North Korea tactical acd strategic target5 on 13 August. Primary attention was placed on direct 5ulqoz-t of United States ard Smth Koroan gmuzd troops ?i@tir& to repel Xorth Xorean Cmumufst infXltration5 in the west central and mrtheast sectors of the defense lircos. Fifth Air Fcrce and Royal Australian Air Forse fighters laid down a COnStant barrage of machine-gun end rocket fire dimcted at North Eorean equigraent and troop cmcentmtio,ns almg -the~Naktcn~ River md is the PoMng-Kigye-Yongdok sector to the northeast. .. /North Xorem s/16& Pa.3 7 North Korean caeualti.e~.from air assaUte In the Pohang-KLae-Yangdok se&or alone wore estimated at more than 3UO and eimilar heavy tolls were taken In strikes north end south of Waegwan On the ru‘aktong line. The air&rip near Pow has been closed be&use of h&meti~ enemy @o&cl. fire at aircraft flying normal traffic patterns. AZ assigned aircraft have been'moved to positions which wil.1 permit more effective, utilization wit.hout the threat of ground fire on lending and take-off. '/ . claimed total&'for North Korean lceterial. deiuaged in fighter strikes included eight tanke,,fifty-eIxtruclcs and other vehlcleo, two locomotivea, two ?upply , dumpe, ten wamhouaee, three br%dges, and five gun empLacements. United States Marine pilots, flying under-the oper&ional contlal of the. Fifth Air Force and receiving target*inetmctLone from air force ground and, tir controllers, bombed and strafed tmops in the southern sectors of nhe N&OX line. I .i Royal Auetralian Air Force fighter operations in the ChInJu &.&reeulted ,+L '. damage to two smalLbridgees and several. vehicles. The Muetangti fired. a fueZ.dump. * and etrafed North Karean~tmopa Fn hill pooitiana, cauning caaualtiee. .; .._ : : . Fifth Air Force ~-26 light bombers scored in night Intruder attack8 on ._ convoye,,marf3halling.yaxds and enemy tmop and supply distribution centers at: numemus paints behind.the line& Night attikes were flotm to the areas Oentering a;round Seoul., ChinJu, Chongju, Kw%I&u, Tnsjon, Yechon and Andong. Finee were e+rted..in Several towns and villa&e housing Comiaznist trpops and the Seoul " radio &atl@n, one target fgr the light bomber attacks, went off the air after. slynb‘a,mg.’ _’ _. ‘! B%9 Superfortreeeee of the Far Eastern Air Force Bom3er~Commerii flew mlsslcuxi &gain& eelected key briages north of the Thirty-eighth Parallel. A rall..mad bridge at Pokkye, three miles mrthwest of Pyonggang on the important Seoul-Wonean rail line, lost one spenduring a Superfortreeea. attack and other bridges were damaged. Full. reports on.allsbridgees hit during the day were not .'. available. _' _' The B-296 struck egainet remdte,portions 6f the Korean &e&&l. .pl,lant, atill' rated as operational~efter the earlier successful born&In& of the main plant, The bombs landed squarely in the target areaa, but a final evaluation of the reeults till depend on photographic reconnaissance. , , Further Superfortress attacks were m&e on the west railmad bridge at Seoul, which has undergone severe damage in many previous strikee. Direct hita were scored, causing further demage to the structure, 3ut the bridge waa observed to be still &ending end was presumed to be at least partially usable. No AmiW1ca.n or Australian aircraft were lost or damaCed in the coume of OperationS end all returned safely to base. More than 129 tons of priority r;llitary suppliee and equipment were airlifted t0 ICome In Fifth Air Force cargo fligh% during the day, s/r689 page 8 REIFBE 251, ISSUZD AT 1: 50 P.M. MCRDAY (11:y P.M., SUEDAY, I%STRl3! DA'XLKCEB?TD4E): American amor is fightire in close euppoti of South Korean and United States forces to clear the Pohang area of Communist troops. The situation in th$J area, from the United Kationa forcest point of view, io generally satisfactory. On tha southern author of the line marine element6 of Task Force Kean z~%hed their obJective by occupying the high gmmd southeast of Chinj,u. The Twenty-fourth Infantry Division launched a co-ordinatied attack at dmn designed to drive the Reds southWet of Changnyong back into the river. Over the last twenty-four hours the ComurLste had succeeded ti reinforcing this crossing by a thisd regiment. Latest reports are that the Twenty-fourth Infantry Division attack is proceeding satlsfaatorily~ Two enemy road biocks, previously held on Yongsan-Pugong mad have been eltinated. South of Waegwan the United States First Cavalry Division yesterday attacked kWV9ral SIllEu pockets of the emBly which had succeeded in cmssing the %&tong on the night of I.243 August. During the day this division killed CWJBhundred twenty-five Cormmists and took thirteen misoners, The Republic of Korea Third DiviBion repuleed a limited scale attack in the Yongdok area, Elsewhere Qong the front action was relatively light. Carrfer-based aircraft of the Seventh Fleet flew 150 sorties on bombing and strafing misaima at Ong$in, Sun&on, Pyongymg, Kaesong, Chinman, Kmchon, and Seoul. Results reported the destruction of ten locomotives, forty-six vehicles, twenty4ihree boxmxs, and two fuel oil trains, aa the damge of an addifional thiZ%xm locomtives, twenty-seven vehicles, 138 railmed cars, three trains end eight v.essels. Fifth Air Force fighters flew 172 sorties on bombing and strafing and ground support missions in the Korean battle area. Preliminary strike reports of these operations indicate that three tanks, fourteen trucks, thirteen vehicles, one locomotive and two villages housing troops were destroyed; end that six ta&s, eighteen trucks, eleven vehicles, one locomotive, six warehouses, two supply dumps and two small bridgee were damged.