Battle of Chipyong-ni

An Australian soldier manning a Vickers machine gun during the Korean War.

Map of the Battle of Chipyong-ni.

2010 국방화보 Rep. of Korea, Defense Photo Magazine 5월 26일 경기도 양평군 지평면 지평리 일원에서 열린 지평리 전투 기념행사에서 병사들이 프랑스 국기를 프랑스 참전용사에게 전달하고 있다. ROK soldiers are delivering a French national flag to a French veteran at the victory celebration event for the battle of Jipyeong-ri, May 26.

나상웅 육군20사단장과 미국·프랑스 참전용사들이 26일 지평리전투 상기 행사에서 기념사진을 찍고 있다.

Panneau sur la bataille de Jipyeong-ri au Musée de la guerre de Séoul.

Illustration cropped from a U.S. Army poster depicting the en:Battle of Chipyong-Ni, a part of the Korean War. ([1]). Original Description: "In February of 1951, the 23d Infantry Combat Team of the 2d Infantry Division, with attached French and Dutch units, while moving forward to attack in advance of the Eighth Army, was cut off and surrounded by overwhelming forces of Chinese Reds in the narrow Korean valley of Chipyong-ni. The Reds occupied the commanding ridges, while the American commander, Colonel Paul Freeman, isolated far in advance of the general battle line, used a ring of lower hills within the valley itself for his defensive perimeter. For more than three days in near freezing weather the defenders held these positions. The action pictured is on the fourth day when an American armored unit broke through from the south. At this time the valiant 23d Infantry Combat Team smashed out of the perimeter at the lower end of the valley to break the encirclement, and with its units and most of its equipment intact, rejoined the Eighth Army. General Matthew B. Ridgway in his official report to a Joint Session of Congress said of this action: "These American fighting men with their French comrades in arms measured up in every way to the battle conduct of the finest troops America or France has produced throughout their national existence."

2010 국방화보 Rep. of Korea, Defense Photo Magazine 6·25 미국 참전용사들이 5월 26일 경기도 양평군 지평면 지평리 일원에서 열린 지평리 전투 기념행사에서 국기를 흔들어 보이고 있다. US veterans waving flags at the victory celebration event for the battle of Jipyeong-ri, May 26.