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Military unit
The
3rd Infantry Division
is a unit of the
Republic of Korea Army
.
History
First formed as the 3rd brigade on December 1, 1947. On December 24, 1949, the division conducted the
Mungyeong massacre
.
[1]
The unit was upgraded to a division on May 12, 1949. The Division consists of the
18th
,
22nd
,
23rd
and
Artillery Regiments
.
[2]
The division was under the direct control of the
Republic of Korea Army
after the first fall of
Seoul
.
Was part of the defensive line to slow the North Korean advance from
Seoul
to
Daejeon
.
Fought in the
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
.
[3]
After the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, fierce battles were fought in the harbor village of
Pohang
between the 3rd Division and the
NKPA’s 5th Division
. The 3rd finally captured the village during the morning of the twentieth. They continued to attack aggressively, forcing a disorderly withdrawal by the NKPA toward Yongdok.
[4]
During the course of the war, the 3rd Infantry Division took part in over 150 battles, killing and capturing more than 51,000 enemy soldiers. It is also known as the invincible unit because it has never lost a single battle. They are the frontline troops.
[5]
Current structure
- Headquarters:
- Anti-Tank Company
- DMZ Patrol Company
- Armor Battalion
- Signal Battalion
- Reconnaissance Battalion
- Engineer Battalion
- Support Battalion
- Medical Battalion
- Chemical Battalion
- 18th Infantry Regiment
- 22nd Infantry Regiment
- 23rd Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
See also
References