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Battle of Hill Eerie | |||||||
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Part of the Korean War | |||||||
Map of Eerie and the surrounding hill positions | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
China | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Max Clark Fidel V. Ramos Felizardo Tanabe Salvador Abcede Ramon Z. Aquirre | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
179th Infantry Regiment 20th Battalion Combat Team | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 killed 25 killed |
UN estimate: 1,631 killed |
The Battle of Hill Eerie (Tagalog: Labanan sa Eerie Hill; Korean: 이리고지 전투, RR: Seomtteughan Eondeog Jeontu) refers to several Korean War engagements between the United Nations Command (UN) forces and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) in 1952 at Hill Eerie, a military outpost about 10 miles (16 km) west of Ch'orwon. It was taken several times by both sides; each sabotaging the others' position.