Battle for Outpost Vegas
The Battle for Outpost Vegas was a battle during the Korean War between the armed forces of the United Nations Command (UN) and China from 26 to 30 March 1953, four months before the end of the Korean War. Vegas was one of three outposts called the Nevada Cities north of the Main Line of Resistance (MLR), the United Nations defensive line which stretched roughly around the latitude 38th Parallel. Vegas, and the outposts it supported, Reno and Carson, were manned by elements of the 1st Marine Division. On 26 March 1953 the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) launched an attack on the Nevada Cities, including Vegas, in an attempt to better the position of China and North Korea in the Panmunjon peace talks which were occurring at the time, and to gain more territory for North Korea when its
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Battle for Outpost Vegas
The Battle for Outpost Vegas was a battle during the Korean War between the armed forces of the United Nations Command (UN) and China from 26 to 30 March 1953, four months before the end of the Korean War. Vegas was one of three outposts called the Nevada Cities north of the Main Line of Resistance (MLR), the United Nations defensive line which stretched roughly around the latitude 38th Parallel. Vegas, and the outposts it supported, Reno and Carson, were manned by elements of the 1st Marine Division. On 26 March 1953 the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) launched an attack on the Nevada Cities, including Vegas, in an attempt to better the position of China and North Korea in the Panmunjon peace talks which were occurring at the time, and to gain more territory for North Korea when its
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The Battle for Outpost Vegas w ...... U.S. defense of outpost Vegas.
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104 missing
1390 killed or wounded
141 killed in action
25 captured
26 killed in action
29 died of wounds
701 wounded
97 wounded
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1953-03-30
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Disputed, small Chinese territorial gains
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***1st Battalion
***3rd Battalion
**358th Regiment
*120th Division
11th Marines(Artillery)
1st Battalion 5th Marines
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
1st Marine Division
1st Tank Battalion
2nd Battalion 1st Marines
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A U.S. Marine in a trench atop Outpost Vegas.
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Edwin A. Pollock
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Lewis W. Walt
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Unknown
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Battle for Outpost Vegas
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the Korean War
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Yeoncheon County, Korea - Nevada Cities Outposts, Main Line of Resistance, Western Korea
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Disputed, small Chinese territorial gains
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The Battle for Outpost Vegas w ...... itory for North Korea when its
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