The ROK 6th Division's 7th
Regiment at Kojang, and 15th Regiment (at Unsan
with 8th Cav) were almost totally destroyed, losing
all their equipment and weapons. The cunning,
savagery and resolution of these first CCF attacks
overwhelmed the unsuspecting ROKs.
And yet, there had been plenty of
information that the Chinese were coming in force,
had even battalion level G-2 paid attention. North
Korean civilians not only reported thousands of
Chinese on the move, but their mission and points
of attack. Where in the world was our Recon? In
retrospect, the incompetence of our entire
Political, Intelligence and Military leadership was
arguably criminal negligence. For that, hundreds of
thousands of brave men and innocent civilians would
die. And Truman is eulogized as a great Statesman,
MacArthur is regarded as a military genius, and I
haven't heard that even one of our Leaders was
shot.