Company G, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines 1st Marine Division

22. Chinese Dead at the Battle of Sudong

Before the 7th Marines moved out of Hamhung Col. Litzenberg called a meeting of all the officers and NCOs and in an informal talk he told them they might be taking part of the opening engagement of World War III. "We can expect to meet Chinese Communist troops, and it is important that we win the first battle. The results of that action will reverberate around the world, and we want to make sure that the outcome has an adverse effect in Moscow as well as Peiping." On 1 November the 7th Marines trucked out of Hamhung to an assembly area midway between Oro-ri and Majon-don. The Marines relieved the 26th ROK Regiment. The ROKs had been attacked by the Chinese 124th and 125th Divisions. Attached to the 7th RCT included the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Marines, Engineers, Motor Transport, Medical and Signal units.