Warriors/Leaders, History for 14 thru 16 March! 14 March 2 ID On 14 March 1951, the 38th IN Regimental Combat Team, under the command of COL John G. Coughlin, maneuvered to the Reno line against only moderate resistance and then continued to push to the Idaho Line. This follow-on mission involved traversing a rugged, well defended pass on the Yudong-ni-Pungam-ni Road. The Third Battalion of the 38th led the attack up the pass with the Second Battalion following, sweeping laterally beyond the immediate ridges overlooking the rutted trail which served as the road through the pass. Despite heavy resistance the 38th IN was able to clear the pass before dusk. US Army On March 14 1951, the Eighth US Army, under the command of LTG Matthew Ridgway, recaptures Seoul, ROK. This is the fourth, and last, time during the war that the South Korean capital changed hands. This was the final assault on the city, the 1.5 million pre-war population was down to 200,000, and people were suffering from severe food shortages 15 March 2 ID On 15 March 1951, the 38th IN Regimental Combat Team sets up defensive positions around the pass of on the Yudong-ni-Pungam-ni Road. This defense allowed the key terrain to be held against Communist counterattacks and allow follow-on forces to utilize the pass in the drive toward the Reno Line. US Army On March 15 1781, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought in Greensboro, the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War. A 2,100-man British force under the command of LTG Charles Cornwallis defeated MG Nathanael Greenes 4,500 Americans. The British Army, however, sustained such heavy casualties that the result was a strategic victory for the Americans. Despite the relatively small numbers of troops involved, the battle is considered pivotal to the American victory in the Revolution. Before the battle, the British appeared to have had great success in conquering much of Georgia and South Carolina with the aid of strong Loyalist factions, and thought that North Carolina might be within their grasp. In fact, the British were in the process of heavy recruitment in North Carolina when this battle effectively put an end to their recruiting drive. In the wake of the battle, Greene moved into South Carolina, while Cornwallis chose to march into Virginia and attempt to link up with roughly 3,500 men under British MG Phillips and American turncoat Benedict Arnold. These decisions allowed Greene to unravel British control of the South, while leading Cornwallis to Yorktown and eventual surrender to GEN George Washington. 16 March 2 ID On 16 March 1951, the 23rd IN, continued to maintain its blocking positions in order to allow the rest of the 2nd Infantry Division to maneuver toward the pass at on the Yudong-ni-Pungam-ni Road. The Divisions pressure on Chinese Communist Forces prevented the massing of their forces for concerted counterattacks against the UN Forces which had recently recaptured Seoul. US Army On March 16 1864, during the Red River Campaign, Union troops occupy Alexandria, LA. The campaign was a Union initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under the command of MG Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate troops under the command of LTG Richard Taylor, whose strength varied from 6,000 to 15,000. The campaign was primarily the plan of Union MG Henry W. Halleck, and a diversion from LTG Ulysses S. Grants plan to surround the main Confederate armies by using Banks Army of the Gulf to capture Mobile, Alabama. It was a dismal Union failure, characterized by poor planning and mismanagement, in which not a single objective was fully accomplished. Taylor successfully defended the Red River Valley with a much smaller force. STN, William M. Alexander Director, 2ID Museum
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