#267 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Remugen Bridge Okinawa Casino & Anzio Battlefield Taejon Battle Ground
Date taken: June 1951
Photographer: Walter Sanders And Joe Scherschel And N R Farbman




When the Korean War began in June 1950, the 24th Infantry Division was the first American ground combat unit to be committed. General Dean arrived in Korea on July 3, 1950. He established his headquarters at Taejon, Korea.[1]

His orders were to fight a delaying action against the advancing North Korean People's Army. Although he planned to withdraw from Taejon, he was asked by General Walton H. Walker, the U.S. Eighth Army Commander, to hold the city until July 20, 1950, in order to buy time to deploy other American units from Japan. His regiments had been decimated in earlier fighting, but Dean personally led tank-killer teams armed with the newly-arrived 3.5-inch rocket launchers to destroy the attacking North Korean T-34 tanks. He gained acclaim by such exploits as attacking and destroying an enemy tank armed with only a hand grenade.[1]


The T-34 knocked out by Dean on July 20, 1950The T-34 tank knocked out by General Dean in the battle of Taejon in July 1950 was still there in 1977 as a memorial to him and the twenty-five-day battle.[1]

General Dean MOH / POW

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