Description

BAYONET: 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Hourglass Division • Korean War •

92 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview:
Bayonet is the official illustrated history of the 7th Infantry Division in the Korean War, compiled by the Division’s Historical Section from unit records and printed in a second edition by Toppan Printing Company, Tokyo, in May 1952 for presentation to every member of the Division who served in the campaign. It follows the Division from its hurried training at Camp Fuji, including the integration of 8,000 ROK soldiers, through the Inchon landing and liberation of Seoul, the Iwon landing and drive to the Yalu at Hyesanjin (the only US unit to reach the Manchurian border), the Chosin Reservoir and Hungnam evacuation, Task Force “White” at Hoengsong, the crossing of the 38th Parallel, the bitter hill fights for “Old Baldy” and Hill 851, and the winter defense of “Heartbreak Ridge” and the “Punchbowl.” Separate illustrated histories cover each regiment, artillery battalion, attached unit (including the Colombian Battalion and Ethiopian Expeditionary Forces) and service company, along with the Division’s Medal of Honor recipients, a travel map, and rosters of general and staff officers. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original booklet.

Campaigns: UN Defensive; UN Offensive (Inchon–Seoul); Chinese Communist Forces Intervention (Chosin Reservoir, Hungnam); First UN Counter-Offensive; UN and CCF Spring Offensives; UN Summer-Fall Offensives (Old Baldy, Hill 851, Heartbreak Ridge); Second Korean Winter (Punchbowl)

Commanders: Maj. Gen. David G. Barr; Maj. Gen. Claude B. Ferenbaugh; Maj. Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer; Brig. Gen. Henry I. Hodes (ADC); Brig. Gen. Robert F. Sink (ADC); Col. Claude M. McQuarrie (ADC); Brig. Gen. Homer W. Kiefer (Div Arty); Brig. Gen. H. McK. Roper (Div Arty)

Division newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Campaigns and Citations
Key to Travel Map
Travel Map during Combat Operations in Korea
Component and Attached Units
General Officers during Combat Operations
General Staff Officers during Combat Operations
7th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
Colombian Battalion
32d Infantry Regiment
Ethiopian Expeditionary Forces in Korea
73d Tank Battalion (M)
48th Field Artillery Battalion
49th Field Artillery Battalion
57th Field Artillery Battalion
31st Field Artillery Battalion
15th AAA AW Battalion
13th Engineer (C) Battalion
7th Medical Battalion
7th Reconnaissance Company
7th Military Police Company
7th Quartermaster Company
7th Signal Company
7th Division Band
707th Ordnance Company
7th Replacement Company
Headquarters Company
7th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

“Here the Hourglass troops were ready for any eventuality—anxious to add additional lustre to the already brilliant combat record of the 7th Infantry Division in Korea.”
— Historical Section, 7th Infantry Division, 1952