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British officer served with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt), 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 10/1952-8/1953
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal (City of London Regt), 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 10/1952-5/1953: reaction to posting to South Korea; arrival in Pusan, 10/1952; initial impression of countryside; degree of briefing about Communist forces; move into front line at Point 159; terrain around Point 159; relieving American troops and inadequate positioning of their standing patrols; equipment and litter left behind by American troops; incident of opening fire on wild pigs; ineffectiveness of Chinese propaganda; United Nations' counter-propaganda; patrolling; Operation Pimlico, 24/11/1952; effect on morale of failure of Operation Pimlico. 24/11/1952; living conditions at Point 159; vermin in trenches; opinion of Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) troops; difficulty of capturing Chinese prisoners; use of artillery to support patrols; success of unit patrols; presence of Korean Augmentation Troops Commonwealth (KATCOMs) attached to unit.
REEL 2 Continues: adapting to service in front line; suitability of equipment; ration supply; in reserve at Camp Casey; move to position west of Point 159; opinion of performance of conscripts; accurate picture presented by television programme 'MASH'. Recollections of the Battle of the Hook in South Korea, 5/1953: preparations for blocking position in case of mass attack by Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA); Chinese artillery shelling of Harlequin Bridge; Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) mass of attack on 1st Bn Duke of Wellington Regt (West Riding) positions, 28/5/1953-29/5/1953; sight of British shelling of The Hook position during Chinese attack, 28/5/1953-29/5/1953; battalion move into line to relieve 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's Regt (West Riding), 29/5/1953; work of Royal Engineers in repairing British positions, 29/5/1953; apprehension of Chinese attack next night, 30/5/1953; extrication of unit patrol in difficulties; reasons for Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) mass attack. Recollections of period with 1st Bn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt), 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 5/1953-8/1953: frequency of 'blue on blue' incidents; opinion of other United Nations' contingents.
REEL 3 Continues: under fire from Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) sniper, 5/1953; lucky escape from dangerous patrol; firing of red, white and blue coloured smoke onto Chinese lines on Coronation Day, 2/6/1953; declaration of armistice and emergence of large numbers of Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) troops, 27/7/1953; work of unit on demarcation line; lack of fraternisation with Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) on armistice day, 27/7/1953; degree of ideological motivation; degree of air support; flying with Fleet Air Arm flying from HMS Ocean identifying ground targets, 5/1953; Fleet Air Arm Fairey Firefly attacks on Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) positions; attitude to leaving South Korea, 8/1953.