Operation Commando

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Operation Commando
Part of Korean War
Date 1950's Location Result Unknown
Belligerents
Republic of Korea  United States	People's Republic of China

Military history notes two uses of the name Operation Commando:

1. During the Korean War, Operation Commando was the last major U.N. attack. The U.S. One Corps (including four U.S. Divisions, the 1st Commonwealth Division and the First South Korean Division) seized the Jamestown Line destroying elements of the Forty-second, Forty-seventh Chinese Army|Forty-seventh]], Sixty-fourth Chinese Army|Sixty-fourth]] and Sixty-fifth Chinese Armies. This prevented the Communist forces from interdicting the U.N. supply lines near Seoul. The attack began on 3 October 1952 and ended on 15 October, with a few hills south of the line still in Communist hands, requiring a follow-up operation, (Polecharge). As a result of this six-mile advance, the badly-mauled U.S. First Cavalry Division was withdrawn to Japan for refitting.

2. (U.S.) A reserved first word for the programs and projects of the United States Pacific Air Forces.