Reinforcement of the Unknown Army: Victory in the battle of time and space
US 5th Regiment Combat Team
Arrived on July 31st after 9 days of sailing (Col. Godwin L’Ordway)
It has 14 M-26 Pershing tanks and the US 555 field battery battalion.
As soon as they arrived in Busan, they moved forward to Masan and assigned to the US 24th Division.
The regiment's lead unit arrived in Masan on August 1st, and the entire regiment was assembled the next day.
Most of the soldiers are from Hawaii
Some of them are combat members of the 442nd and 100th Regiments, and have experience in the 2nd War
Infantry and the 555th Afan Battalion are very close comradeship
US 2nd Division 9th Regiment
First infantry unit from the Americas on July 31 (commanded by Colonel John G. Hill)
It had the nickname of the Manchurian Solidarity because he participated in the Beijing Incident in 1900.
One of the most senior regiments in the U.S. Army
The 2nd Battalion of Yeha departed for the first time in Tacoma, Washington on July 17th.
Gathered in Gyeongsan to reserve the 8th Army
The 15th Field Battalion supported the 9th Regiment
August 2nd 01:30 The 8th Army instructed Colonel Hill to prepare to be dispatched within an hour from 1600 on that day.
US 2nd Division 23rd Regiment
Arrived in Busan on August 5th
US Marine Brigade
Arrived in Korea on August 2nd (Comrade Edward A. Craig)
Founded on July 7th
Boarding in San Diego and Long Beach, California, departs two days later
Organized into the US 5th Marine Regiment (Regiment Commander Lt. Colonel Raymopd L. Murray) and brigade headquarters
The subordinate 3 battalions consist of 2 rifle companies and 1 heavy mortar company.
The brigade's total force was 4,725
65% of officers and sergeants are senior combatants
After arriving at Busan Port on August 3, they gathered in Masan to prepare the 8th US Army.
Attached to the US 25th Division on August 6th
Tank unit
Excluding A Company, the 8072 Tank Battalion arrived in Busan on August 4th to repair the old tanks used in the 2nd Presidential Island Operation in Japan.
The 8th US Army converted its equipment to the 89th Tank Battalion on August 7th.
On July 26, SS Luxembourg Victory departs San Francisco Port, carrying 80 medium-sized electronics.
Replenishing troops in the mainland
Every day around the end of July, 42 officers and 103 soldiers are airlifted from the West Bank of the United States.
240 people check-in at the airport