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1ST MARINE DIVISION - SPECIAL ACTION REPORT - ANNEX V SIGNAL - OCTOBER 1950 - DECEMBER 1950
Korean War
Korean War Project Record: USMC-23
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United States Marine Corps History Division
Quantico, Virginia
Records: United States Marine Corps
Unit Name: 1st Marine Division
Depository: National Archives and Records Administration
Location: College Park, Maryland
Editor: Hal Barker
Korean War Project
P.O. Box 180190
Dallas, TX 75218-0190
http://www.koreanwar.org
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· swtod·'bctc:ro wes tho· stt.tc cf~tr!·.iri1ng"61' tl\o;porsonnol; •·Thoy ·.cclll;d 1.'-X·.k;'''•'' repcdr only·rndi.: s~ts' Sl]-~:-:3001 'SQ<.-.536 nnq 'tho _500 [;nd_·pOO sorios .sots
-as \~JJ:ll ns ~ .. ~ tJloplnrws r.nd .W ... ?l r.nc.l_BD'772 .s\·iitchb~~c:~rds.. Er._~h :r.?:I};.wqp\ a apJCi{'.list ·en a p::rticul<'1r typ3 of '?qllip.m.::nt Vlhiop .limi.Wd th.:~ volwnQ-~·, of work which t~a toc.m aho:,uld h.;:o.vG-··oo~n ··c..'i.pD.blo· o£ p:~rfcr.ming·; ' r~ ·
' ' . J On:25 Novomb<Jr o.b·.ut h::;.}t of tho Division Sicm\l1hinWnanco .soct!cn
was sont tG Hagarll;-ri to assiSt. in tho repr-.ir ;..:f signal oqui:pmorit_ :,)f ~hQ UCT1s in thnt ~rc.!!._ 'lh~ sGc~icn_"VIith tho Sign~l llr."!intJn[>;nce Of!icor·tnt" chnrf::\J w~:s joined by tho 205th Signal Comi:K-"llY d\JU.c)1m.;:n:t ::-n 26· NovombQV". During tho pori:d 28 N-~wor:il:Jr tc ·.4 Doco1~bwr only v~r;;;onoy re~"'.i:r.;J c~~l4 bo offootud. Tnu ontir.J rop:.1.ir soction _y,r.B· emplcyod in th~ ~.)Jrimtor.'~··; · dot'onso cf Ht".gEl.ru-ri. Only during tho lv.st two ·doya in that iooation·~ ·. · woN they ablo to. t.:>.Jr.f ·rm. tlNir pr,i.rnary rn:i.ssivn, a1'tor th.Jy ht".d boon '· rolil vod fr :m ·-thor 'lutius. lto;.cirs were affected en n r...und tho clv.pk· schedule to rortdy uqui,;::r,},mt of units pro,:;;.:.rine to movo to l'Oto ..... ri. t .·
. . Durinc tho timu tho v~ri:;us m::'.intant.nco too.ms woro in cOld YloO.thor .
tha followin~ was obsarvad: ' · · ·
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(b) I.ccl< of Muqunto sholtor for storing <l'!uiliDJnt ro;.cirod ond.·. ·.' . oqui'pn.:.mt 11 ~wnitinB ropairs 11 as woll .as ohA,rgin,S1
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