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Both Corps commanders and all their Divisional commanders, who I visited in their own areas, were of the opinion that any major offensive action on our part would fail and probably with heavy losses. The NK 8th Division, a screening force, was along the west coast, but it played no important part in the impending action. The UN command sent the X Corps piecemeal, just arrived from its evacuation Page 39 Map 1. , December 1950. The authorized strength of a division was 18,935 officers and men.
In the west, north of Seoul, signs became more obvious, and CCF prisoner interrogations confirmed that a CCF attack on that section of the front was not far off. The centralcorridor road connecting Hongchon, Hoengsong, and Wonju was almost due northsouth if one ironed out the numerous twists and bends in it. On the thirtyfirst the French Battalion was shuffled around once again; this time it was reattached to the 23rd Infantry, and it stayed with that regiment throughout 1951. 14 The 72nd Tank Battalion could not cross the icy mountain passes from the south and was not present with the 2nd Division at Wonju at the end of December.
The UN command sent the X Corps piecemeal, just arrived from its evacuation Page 39 Map 1. , December 1950. The authorized strength of a division was 18,935 officers and men. UN strength was relatively stable in January 1951, with a maximum strength of 444,336. First, the Chinese attacks in the west require our attention. Farther east was the ROK III Corps with the ROK 2nd Division at its western boundary with the US 24th Division.