Korean War Time Line June 1950 to July 1953 8. Position of Forces in December 1950
By 30 November, the PVA 13th Army Group managed to expel the U.S. Eighth Army
from northwest Korea. Retreating from the north faster than they had
counter-invaded, the Eighth Army crossed the 38th parallel border in mid
December. U.N. morale hit rock bottom when commanding General Walton Walker of
the U.S. Eighth Army was killed on 23 December 1950 in an automobile accident.
In northeast Korea by 11 December, the U.S. X Corps managed to cripple the PVA
9th Army Group while establishing a defensive perimeter at the port city of
Hungnam. The X Corps were forced to evacuate by 24 December in order to
reinforce the badly depleted U.S. Eighth Army to the south.
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