July
21, 1950
First U.S. Victory of Korean War
The 24th U.S. Army Infantry,
composed primarily of African-American soldiers, accomplished the first
American victory in the Korean War, recapturing the Yecheon
railway center from North Korean invaders
The 24th Infantry fought throughout the entire Korean
peninsula, from the defense of the "Pusan
Perimeter" to its breakout and the pursuit of communist forces well
into North Korea, to the Chinese counteroffensives, and finally to U.N.
counteroffensives that stabilized near the current Demilitarized Zone. The
regiment received the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for its
defense of the Pusan Perimeter. The regiment also had two posthumous Medal
of Honor recipients, Cornelius H. Charlton and William Thompson
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