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Article: Onslaught on the Berlin Outposts: even as the Korean War was winding down, the Chinese kept up the pressure--by attacking Outposts Berlin and East Berlin in July 1953. But Marines tenaciously resisted to the war's bitter end. (Korean War).
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- VFW Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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As summer was fast approaching the Korean Peninsula, all eyes were turned to the peace talks being held in Panmunjom. There was talk of a long-awaited armistice after three years of bloody and savage war between the North Korean and Chinese and United Nations Forces.
On the night of July 7, 1953, however, CCF (Chinese Communist Forces) assaulted the all-important COPs (Combat Outposts) East Berlin and Berlin atop the land mass known as Hill 190, held by elements of the 2nd Bn., 7th Marines. Heavy shelling erupted on the tiny hilltop as well as all along the MLR (Main Line of Resistance).
Since returning to the Jamestown Line days earlier, the Marines ...