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24th Infantry Regiment in Korean war
In 1948 U.S. President Harry S. Truman end of segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces in Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, but Despite this, by the time of the Korean War, the 24th Infantry Regiment in the Korean war remained predominantly African–American with an officer corps of both White and black Americans also at that time The 24th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. 8th Army stationed in Japan for its Occupation.
The 24th and other USA, SK, and U.N. forces fought throughout the entire Korean peninsula, from trying to delay KPA as much as possible, holding Pusan Perimeter and its offensive out of it to the pursuit of the Korean People's Army (KPA) into North Korea, to the Chinese counteroffensives and finally to U.N. counteroffensives that stabilized near the current Korean Demilitarized Zone.
The 24th received the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation and had three posthumous Medal of Honor recipients. Still, due to its mixed reputation, the 24th was dissolved after 82 years of Served.
24th Infantry Regiment in Korean war
In 1948 U.S. President Harry S. Truman end of segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces in Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, but Despite this, by the time of the Korean War, the 24th Infantry Regiment in the Korean war remained predominantly African–American with an officer corps of both White and black Americans also at that time The 24th Infantry Regiment was attached to the 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. 8th Army stationed in Japan for its Occupation.
The 24th and other USA, SK, and U.N. forces fought throughout the entire Korean peninsula, from trying to delay KPA as much as possible, holding Pusan Perimeter and its offensive out of it to the pursuit of the Korean People's Army (KPA) into North Korea, to the Chinese counteroffensives and finally to U.N. counteroffensives that stabilized near the current Korean Demilitarized Zone.
The 24th received the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation and had three posthumous Medal of Honor recipients. Still, due to its mixed reputation, the 24th was dissolved after 82 years of Served.