Battle of Taejon
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The Battle of Taejon was an early battle of the Korean War, between U.S. and North Korean forces. Forces of the United States Army attempted to defend the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division. T
South Korean forces in front of the Daejon Railway Station, July 1950
The front line of Korean War, 13 July 1950
Task Force Smith arrives in Taejon train station, South Korea
A U.S. howitzer position near the Kum River, 15 July
The Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, known in Korean as the Battle of the Naktong River Defense Line, was a large-scale battle between United Nations Command and North Korean forces lasting from August
Battle of Taejon
…the city, the 24th Infantry Division achieved a strategic victory by delaying the North Koreans, providing time for other U.S. divisions to establish a defensive perimeter around Pusan further south. The delay imposed at Taejon probably prevented a U.S. rout during the subsequent Battle of Pusan Perimeter. During the action, the KPA…
UN soldiers from the 27th US Infantry await North Korean attacks across the Naktong River from positions on the Pusan Perimeter, September 1950.
UN troops unload in Korea
An M4 Sherman tank being loaded onto a barge at the port of Oakland, California, prior to shipment to Pusan, 1950
US aircraft attack a North Korean train with rockets and napalm, 1950