Honor and fidelity : the 65th Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953 / by Gilberto N. Villahermosa.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Villahermosa, Gilberto N., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 65th--History.

United States.

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 65th.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Regimental histories--United States.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Soldiers--Puerto Rico--History.

Soldiers.

Regimental histories.

Puerto Rico.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army, [2009]

Summary:

Chronicles the experiences of the 65th Infantry in the Korean War. Consisting of Puerto Rican soldiers and sergeants and American and Puerto Rican officers, the 65th had not experienced intense combat until Korea. Despite a lack of previous wartime experience, the regiment did extremely well from September 1950 to August 1951, establishing a solid reputation as a dependable infantry unit. The combat performance of the unit began to slip from the summer of 1951 to the autumn of 1952, when major failures occurred, first at Outpost Kelly in late September and then at Jackson Heights a month later. After the failures at Outpost Kelly and Jackson Heights, the Army recognized that these problems had to be decisively addressed or the regiment's combat effectiveness would be permanently degraded. The Army reconstituted the 65th as a fully integrated infantry regiment in the spring of 1953. By that June, the regiment had redeemed itself in the eyes of the Army's senior leadership. The unit's colors remained in Korea until November 1954, when they returned to Puerto Rico.

Contents:

Prologue : before Korea

From San Juan to Pusan

With X Corps in North Korea : November-December 1950

From Pusan to the Imjin : January-March 1951

From the Imjin back to Seoul : April 1951

From Seoul to the Ch'orwon Valley : May-July 1951

Operations in the Iron Triangle : August-December 1951

In reserve : January-June 1952

Defeat at Outpost Kelly : July-September 1952

Collapse at Jackson Heights : October 1952

Courts-martial, reconstitution, and redemption: November 1952-July 1953.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 22, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Villahermosa, Gilberto N., Honor and fidelity

ISBN:

9780160867293

0160867290

OCLC:

501802647

Access Restriction:

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