Combat Support in Korea [270 Pages] - The Black Vault

Security, Combat, Morale 203minutes, with their individual weapons, three light machine guns, arocket launcher, and four radios. The group was already divided intothree platoons, each with an officer.VHF ,,t,)TASK Forux BAKERN!ght 4-5 Se@ember1950- - TASKFORCE POS, TIONo ,000YARDSI had already planned my dispositions, and in the next forty-fiveminutes the platoons were spread in a semicircular perimeter extendingfrom the ammunition dump on the west to a hill east of the hospital. Thetwo most critical points in the area were given particular attention. Iordered a machine gun placed to fire northwest in a draw that v’as theeasiest and most likely approach. At the point where our perimeter crossedan important north-south road I directed that another machine gun beposted, reinforced by the rocket launcher, and that an officer be thereat alltimes. Radio communication from my CP to each of these platoons wasestablished.As these dispositions were being made, I went to the hospital andtook charge of an engineer platoon that was indifferently providing theclose-in security. I informed the engineer lieutenant of the formation ofthe task force, and directed him to tighten up his defense of the hospital.Next, I visited the ammunition supply point and told the commanderof the ammunition company of the situation. I directed him toform a security screen extending from the left flank of the ordnanceposition to well beyond his own installation. I also ordered him to place