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Hdbfitea Belay S/2283 7 August 1951 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH ---- -... -.-.-- ----___ __ -----..-L-,.- ..-.- _.--- - .----I L-I_ _ --.- ..-. NOTB'DATFD 6 AT,iGUST1751 FROM THE REPREsENTkTLyE OF m, UNITED ST@?-@ ADDRESF;D TO THE.S~RE'I!ARy~ENERAL TIWVSMITPING DGHT COMMUNIQ~ ISSUED BY THE HEADQUARTERSOF THE UNITED NATIbNS ?OMMLND IN KOlA . The Repreeentative of the.JWte$'States to the UnZtd Nations preeents his compli?nen.@ to the Secr@%ry-Genez%l of'the United Natlans and has the honor to transmit herewith, for the informat1on.of the Security Council, the following communiques itiywl by the He$quarterB'.of the United Nations Commend, a6 -hdbfitea belay: Far &st Air Forces CoImnuntqrie 405, ooverfq lkday, A&uElt 3, 1951, aperatlone Far.East Nasal HGa&qparters s-y, covering Fri&y*s, August 3, 1951, operatlona Eighth AxnyCommunique 531, issued at B:,OO P.M., Saturday, August 4, 1951 (6:00 A.M., Sat&&y, Eastern d+%yllght titne) 'Pm &eaet Air ForceB. summar~"+'S&g$&y,. %iyLWt 4, l?51, OPeratiOIX3 - E1gh:htd Army cojntnudque 533~‘~isai& at 8:0? P.M., Sunday, Aueuat 5, 1351 (6:oo A.M., Sunday, lW3tekn'dayl1ght time) . 'Un%tea Nations Nava& Foraee s-y of +%-day, August 5, 1951, operations . ' : . General Headquarters cow&e 967, for the twenty-To& hours ended ~:w&.M,, MO&~, @gust 6, 131 (4:oo P.M., Sunday, Eaeterm,aayllght time): :. '. Eighth Army communique 534, issub& at 10:00 A.M., Mo$ay, Auguet'6, 1951 (8:00 P,M,, Sunday, Eastern tijlight We) s/2283 Peg9 2 FAR EXW! AIR FORCES C(MMUNIW 405, COVERING I?= CPRWXONS Poor visibility, rain showers and low clouds were encountered in the target area over Korea yeaterdaj by Far East Air Boroes 'war planes ae they flee 285 sort&s. Fighter-bombers operated along the battlefront in close support of United Nations Ground. forces, aiding them in secur,ixq limited objeotiveu: while other F434 Thunderjets, P-80 Shooting Star jets and propeller-driven F-+1 Zhstaq:s operated behind the battleline, 1nterdictinS enemy lines of comun~nications. F-80 Shcotiq Sters attacked a large railroad roundhouse in the North Korean capital..of Pyorgm, and damaged buildings being uoed to store supplies. In the east-central'seotor near the battleline, other Shoobing Star jets attacked Communist supply dumps. F-434 Thunderjets damegea a radio station in South Pyongm, as other Tcunderjets cut rail lines and highways and attacked bridgc,rr to keep war supplies from moving south to enemy front-line troops. F-51 Mustq3s destroyed t& bridges southeaet of Sinmak. Two &un positions in the central se? tor .were also knocked out by the Mustangs. Marine aircraft operated mostly in the east and east-central sectors, attackinS bridGes, rail lb9~ sod 9n9~ tr00p9, - Fifth Air Force and attached South African snd shore-based Marine aircraft flew 420 sorties yesterday. Returning pilots reported destroying or damcging 200 enemy-occupied bulldinga, eight SUn positions, thne ‘supply stacks, one fuel dump, ten bridges, eight supply carts, or+9 radio etatlon, six rallroad cars and sixty vehicles. Highways and rail lines were"cut in ten places. Fifty enemy casualties were inflicted .by air strikes .duriag the day. One F40 Shooti% Star jet was lost. purl& 'the night, eigh.ty-five sorties were flown by B-26’s, B4!9*s and Marine night fighters, with the 1iSht bombers tesmil3& up with the B-29's to radar-aim 5OO;prJad air-bursting bombs on enemy front-line military targets. Other R-26's end Marine aircraft, aided by flareitipping plenes, operated along the main enemy supply routes throughout North Korea, attacm vehicular traffic. Two enemy eirflelds were pounded durizg the night by ~-26 light bombers. Twenty-four separate attacks were made on'the airfields et Sinenju and Pyongyang in en effort to keep the enemy airstrips non-operational. Crews of the niSht-operating aircraft reported sighting heavy vehicular trsffic dur- the night, and said 160 vehicles were destroyed or damaged by their attacks. Bomber Commend B-23 Superforts of the Okinawa-based 307th Bomb Group utilized radar-aimine techniques to drop 150 tons of high explosives on Communist war supplies stored at the west coast port of Chinnsmpo. !l%e bombwe encountered no flak, and no enemy fighters were sighted. All aircraft returned safely to their base. Combat cargo aircraft continued to afrlift eupplies to United Nations force5 ta Korea yesterday as they flew 145 sorties atrliftiryly 310 tons of cargo. EAST NAVAL . * . : _ .,I), i 1 . FAR EAST NAlqL E!.mDQuARTm wMMARY, covlEm3 rfmJlAY’S 02mncINs UnLted Nation6 warehips pour&d enew EnataXl+atio& on both coaots of Yorea Friday, end oarrier&aeed naval alroraft BtruOk at Cc~~~%nistfr0nt-~in8 troops and rear*rea supply points, Untted'StLea Navy p&s fromPestoarrio333'U.S.S. Princeton and U.S.S. Boxer &Rped'up closweupport operatione BB vfslbil2ty ?.mproved steadIl;y over the battle lln0e’ 0na east coaet areaa ln the afternoon after four dayy 6f- fog. tioope andgun poetMona were attaaked w2th excellent rtwulti,:, : U,S,,S, Boxer airmen were cred$ted by air controllerc wfth Irfllinl: over fifty Red sol.aIerti and knocking aut three a&china-gun poeitlow on a heatily fortified ribp aaat of Xiuabwa, PrInceton flyera concentrated attacks near IWncow and other area8 in the eastern eectora Controllers there reported excellent ooverege of troops, iduding two artillery plecee and a machlneprun emp'lacement deetqoyed. ' Rear AdmQal George R.,Henderson, cwmnandQ!g the Fast Carrier Ta&FOfie8, reported that between 15 and 32 &ly, the Navy fighters and bcmbera InflIcted a minImum of 600 controQer&onfirmsd enemy casualt$ea ana destroyed or damaged sixty-eight gun positlom, ten locomotives, 420 rail care and 327 vehicles. They also destroy& or damaged over ~1300werehowea, faotorles and other bulSdiryp as w93.l as thirty-two amnunitlan, fuel *a f3upply a- duriry the p3riOa. Strikes at Red tranieportat~on routes kn00ki3aout apana. or othervlse wea ffftylstx brI&p tis well a~ forty-three by-p&wee. ’ ’ !Ptu'B&Lsh Camber H.&S, Glory launched attack6 cff the west coast, Sea Furies and Flr&lLee slaehed ateupply bu%ldfngs and troopa at Yonan, 'grid rocketed and otrafed a large Junk near ChJnnampo, Delayed reports indicated that RrdtIah.Co mmonvealth wnface units battered enemy poeitlcns,at Haeju and along the north bank of the Han Rtver, northwest of Inohca,' Thursday and Friday. The cruieer Ceylon, British frigate8 Mounto Ray and Norcambe Bay, Australian frigate MurchIaon and New Zeal.md frigate Rotoiti particlpatea in the bombardment.. The heavy cruiser I.7,S.S. Toledo returned to action yeeterday at Wonean. !lhe Task Force 77 WarshIp, accompanied by the deotroyer Tiq~ey, joIned Task Force 95 destroyers O'Brien and Hubbard -in a barrage aireotea at enemy gun poedtiona. Heavy fog hampered the naval gunftre Ln the morning, but afternoon eheJ,Liag vaas effective, titih many af.r0Ot hLte obeem0d. Destroyer-l&cort Naifeh had a busy day to the south near Kosow. She fired over 150 rounds after daylight at troops, a 00-a post ma supply route0i ChongJin, Songjlo and Chuuronjang were again raked by Task Force B units patroll.lzg far to the ncrth. The U.S,S, Thcmpson, U,S,S, Carmdck 0na U.S,S,' SeLverlfng contlnuea their blistering attack on bridgeo, ratlroada and bl.ghway% S/2283 Pag3 4 !3IGEFiX AFE4YCO-QUE 531, ISSW AT 8:00 P.M., . SATURDAY (6:OO A&, SATURDAY, iQ%TERN WXLIGRT TIME) Attackln6: United Nations forces encountered stubborn enemy reslstdnce 1n area west of Ypnchon. +A enemy attack in area eouthleoutheaat of Kum~ong was r0pulsed, 1. fin Gkhth hrmy pr+$rol;,.reportea a twenty-lx&e ergsgement tith an undetermfned number of enemy ln.the area weat-nmthwest of Xora.u~po. kmy forces In COmpSAy-Slzed'StreIgti& were obmrwd iA tie area West-sout!lwest Of Yonchon, while other United Nat,ioz$a pntr0l.e dlopez!eed &? e-my platgon south- SOUtl;west Of YOAChOA. Attacking United Hatioti f~rcos encountered stubborn enemy res1stance.from eq%aa ana.platoon-sized troops, supjjorted by mortar and artillery fire, ln the area we0t of YonahcAr~ Light ~ntaot.was reported in the Chorwon Bnp Kiamhwa eectors. 1 ^ 2 . -Pa&ols en@& an undetermined number of enemres east-northeast of Kunihwa at 11:00 A.M. ;L reinf'oro& platoon rzttacked United Nations forces south-southeast of Ennsong at 3:;30 yesterda~,~rAlng.. Friendly for&s repulsed the enemy attack at 4:30. To then east an estJ.igute& two enemy compardes, employLng a heavy volume of smali arms, autom%tfc weapons, mortars and art$llery fire, at;tac’sea at 11:30 P.M. resterday, the attack‘.contiquing at 6:55, at WEtoh Hme the enem,y.ylthclreW. / . '. - Frie&ly 32Drces reported recelvin&a total of 400300 rounds of artillery fire betxeen the hours of ll:15 P.M. and 4:30 this morning. Long-range, small-3rmf3 and automatic weapon fire from an estimated enemy company was reportea in thig area during the m~rn1ng.hours. Light enemy cqntaot With a pl&tOOA43~Zed enemy ~oup was reported along the remainder of the oentral. front. 3. Ligh:.eAemy contact &3'reported along the easter%Korenn battlefront, as United Nattoss forces conHued their patrolling activity..' i._ :. : ,. .i. .’ : S/2283 me 5 %r ast Air Forces light bombers last nLght continued the neutralization of enemy alrfle&da in western Korea,,,&leveling a cratering attack on the runways at Pyory: in the western secfign, :.. !&I &?G assault w& ‘&a&3 tiif$jjbe &sistance of radar techniques and follow& ti’Saturday in which’F&r E&t Air Forces warplanes flew 560 sorties in weather which covered most of.northern Itorea with,multi-layered clouds and rain, In aaaition to hitting the $&& fj.eld, B-26,s attacked a bridge south of SinanJu axic%‘tiother one northwest.of’Pyongyang.
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