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bobdina
07-01-2009, 11:27 PM
July 2, 1950 Task Force Smith officers and men arrive in Taejon at approximately 8 a.m. That evening TFS is ordered north to the towns of P'yongtaek and Ansong, arriving after dark. C Company dug in at P'yongtaek and B Company at Ansong.

USS Juneau and 2 British ships engage 4 NK torpedo boats escorting 10 small wooden freighters. 2 torpedo boats and 7 freighters destroyed.

34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, arrives at Pusan

1952-USS Perkins (DDR 877), on the Nan-do patrol, silenced shore batteries after receiving an estimated 75 rounds of unknown caliber enemy shore battery fire. No damage or casualties were experienced.