The Imjin and Kapyong Battles, Korea, 1951

Abbreviations

xv 1A&SH –First Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1GLOS –First Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 1KOSB –First Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers 1KSLI –First Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1MX –First Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1PPCLI –First Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 1RNF –First Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [5th Fusiliers] 1RUR –First Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 2PPCLI –Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry 3RAR –Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 8RIH –Eighth King’s Royal Irish Hussars 11LAA –11 (Sphinx) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 16FR –16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery 27BCB –27th British Commonwealth Brigade 28CB –28th Commonwealth Brigade 29BIB –29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group 45FR –45 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 170IMB –170 Independent Mortar Battery, Royal Artillery AGPS –Australian Government Publishing Service AIF –2nd Australian Imperial Force [World War II] ANZ –Archives New Zealand, Wellington ANZAC –Australian and New Zealand Army Corps [World War I] AT –anti-tank AWM –Australian War Memorial, Canberra BCT –Battalion Combat Team Bde–Brigade BLSA –British Library Sound Archive, St. Pancras Bn–Battalion CCF –Chinese Communist Forces CIGS –Chief of the Imperial General Staff CO –Commanding Officer CP –Command Post CPV –Chinese People’s Volunteers Abbreviations xvi abbreviations CSM –Company Sergeant Major CTC –Civil Transportation Corps DCM –Distinguished Conduct Medal DSO –Distinguished Service Order DHH –Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence, Ottawa FM –Field Marshal FOO –Forward Observation Officer GCM –George C. Marshall Library, Lexington, Va. GOC –General Officer Commanding HMSO –Her Majesty’s Stationery Office HQ –Headquarters i/c–in command IO –Intelligence Officer IWMDB –Department of Books, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth IWMDD –Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth IWMDS –Department of Sound, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth LMG –Light Machine-Gun MC –Military Cross MM –Military Medal MMG –Medium Machine-Gun MO –Medical Officer MP –Member of Parliament MSR –Main Supply Route NAA –National Archives of Australia, Canberra NAM –National Army Museum, Chelsea NARA –National Archives and Records Administration, Archives II, College Park, Md. NCO –Non-Commissioned Officer NKPA –North Korean People’s Army NLAC –National Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa OBE –Order of the British Empire OC –Officer Commanding PLA –People’s Liberation Army PUC –Presidential Unit Citation RA –Royal Artillery RAMC –Royal Army Medical Corps RAP –Regimental Aid Post RE –Royal Engineers R&R –Rest and Recreation RASC –Royal Army Service Corps RCT –Regimental Combat Team RNF –Royal Northumberland Fusiliers RNZA –Royal New Zealand Artillery ROK –Republic of Korea [army] RSM –Regimental Sergeant Major R/T –radio receiver/transmitter RUR –Royal Ulster Rifles SA –Small Arms SOE –Special Operations Executive TNA –The National Archives, Kew UN–United Nations USAF –United States Air Force USAMHI –United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pa. USGPO –United States Government Printing Office USMC –United States Marine Corps UVic–University of Victoria Library VAC –Veterans Affairs Canada VC –Victoria Cross WD –War Diary The Imjin and Kapyong Battles Korea,1951 xviii Cor, they can have this country . . . Royal Military Policeman, January 19511 Korea? What’s the matter with Korea? I like it . . . Brigadier Tom Brodie, December 19502 ...