Reds Launch Spring Offensive Pt. 1 of 2

Reds Launch Spring Offensive Pt. 1 of 2 Combat Bulletin #110 - Apr-May51 20Apr-20May51 Animated map shows movements back & forth South of the 38th Parallel. 03:19:27 ‘U.N. Forces Withdraw’ British, Belgian, Filipino & US troops break camp in Njeng ? River area - shelling approaching Communist troops w/ mortar blasts. Convoy retreats towards south. UN tractor burning on roadside. US troops on road firing guns in retaliation to attack. Dusty road. Batallion commanders discuss. Convoy enters Uijongbu - sign. Weary infantry thru rice paddy in rain, crossing stream & resting; guarding railroad tracks. Troops & trucks on road. Firing 155mm big guns. Crossing bridge south of Yapyung ?; engineer batallion pour gasoline & TNT mixture on bridge which burns & explodes. 03:22:59 ‘Lincoln Line Established’ US troops withdraw to defensive position north of Seoul. US engineers plant landmines & stretch barbed wire across field; US troops on hilltop watch minefield valley w/ recoiless rifle; firing guns w/ HE shells. Tank past; another destroys hut beside road. Tanks waiting in emplacements. 03:25:13 Seoul city center - US troops firing 155mm Howitzers on grounds of bomb-damaged Capitol building firing seen from ground & upper window. CU men cleaning rifles. Korean War; United Nations; Fighting;