The 124 CCF Division in North Korea The 124th engaged in action against 7th Marine Regiment south of Sudong 2-3 November. They were badly cut up in attacks of 3 to 6 November. General Lin Biao commanded this Division and later becomes a Chinese Marshal in 1955. This was his only defeat in his military career.

Major Maurice Roach's 3rd Battalion fanned out in a horseshoe formation: H Company was in the hills on the left; I Company was on the hills on the right; and back a short distance was G Company astride on the road. When the Chinese discovered the marines on the road north, the 124th was quickly shifted to the hills around Sudong to confront them.