2^nd (INDIAN HEAD) INFANTRY DIVISION

 When the Korean War began, the U.S. 2^nd Infantry Division was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. Within days the division received orders to deploy and advance units arrived in Korea on 3 August 1950 but the entire division was not in Korea until late in August 1950. When the division became operational, it became part of the newly-arrived U.S. IX-Corps. During the next three years the division fought well but in late November 1950 it was so badly at Kuni-ri, North Korea — where it was cut off by Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) and had to fight its way out of the trap down a single, narrow road — that it became combat ineffective. Quickly rebuilt and reinforced with the newly arrived Netherlands Infantry, French Infantry and Belgian Infantry Battalions, it moved back into the Central Sector front lines 23 December 1950. Six weeks later in early February 1951, it blunted, then stopped, a major CCF attack at the town of Chipyong-ni, South Korea.

The 2^nd Infantry Division consisted of:

• Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company
• 9^th Infantry Regiment
• 23^rd Infantry Regiment
• 38^th Infantry Regiment
• Division Artillery
  12^th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm — arrived Nov. 51)
  15^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  37^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  38^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  503^rd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
  82^nd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
• Division Troops
  72^nd Tank Battalion (Medium)
  2^nd Engineer Battalion (Combat)
  2^nd Reconnaissance Company
• Division Special Troops
  2^nd Medical Company
  2^nd Signal Company
  702^nd Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
  2^nd Quartermaster Company
  2^nd Military Police Company
  2^nd Replacement Company
• Attached Units
  1^st Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) (23 Oct 1950— 1 Aug 1951)
  Netherlands Infantry Battalion
  French Infantry Battalion

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