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Arizona Sun
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
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US colored troops from the Second Infantry Division, including the 9th Infantry Regiment and 503 Field Artillery Battalion, sailed from the west coast over ten days ago to join the Korean front. The 24th Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 25th Infantry Division, achieved a 1,000-yard advance near Yongdong before partial withdrawal. General MacArthur reported no changes in the central sector, with Red Korean attacks repelled.
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TOKYO (NNPA)—More colored troops are on their way to Korea. They are with the Second Infantry Division, which, with the First Marine Division, sailed from the west coast of the United States more than ten days ago.
They are the third battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Second Infantry Division, which was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, prior to sailing. Also with the Second Division is the 503 Field Artillery Battalion.
General Douglas MacArthur's summary of the Korean situation Sunday made no specific mention of the 24th Regimental Combat team. These colored troops have seen some of the heaviest fighting, and last Friday scored a 1,000-yard gain, pushing forward, then dropping back part of the way to its original position to avoid creating a dangerous salient.
In a communique issued by General MacArthur at 12:55 a.m. Sunday (10:55 a.m. Saturday, Eastern Daylight Time), it was stated that there was no appreciable change in the vital central sector of the fighting where the best Red Korean divisions are employed.
Repeated attempts to break through defensive positions of the First Cavalry and 25th Infantry Division troops had been thrown back, General MacArthur said.
The 24th Regimental Combat team is attached to the 25th Infantry Division and was fighting about fifteen miles northeast of Yongdong.
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Korea
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Sunday
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1,000-yard gain then partial retreat to avoid salient; repeated attempts to break through thrown back
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More colored troops with the Second Infantry Division, including third battalion of 9th Infantry Regiment and 503 Field Artillery Battalion from Fort Lewis, Washington, sailed from US west coast over ten days ago to Korea. The 24th Regimental Combat Team, attached to 25th Infantry Division, saw heavy fighting and scored 1,000-yard gain last Friday near Yongdong before partial withdrawal. MacArthur's Sunday communique reported no change in central sector where best Red Korean divisions engaged, with attacks on First Cavalry and 25th Infantry repelled.