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===//The// **__Battle of Bloody Ridge__** //was from August 18 to September 5, 1951 on 38th parallel. It was fought by KPA (Korean People Army) vs. the U.N.They were small, but intense and bloody battles. U.N. forces tried to take over a series of hills which was being used as look out posts to call for gun fire on a U.N. supply road. On September 5th, the North Koreans abandoned the ridge after UN forces succeeded in out fighting it. There were 2,700 U.N. and maybe as many as 15,000 communists had casualties!//===

===//**__Battle of Sunchon__** was an air battle. Fought on Dec 1, 1951, 12 Gloster Meteor jets of RAAF's 77 squadron. They werre attacked by 40-50 Chinese MiG-15 Australian pilots who had the first victories but later lost three Meteors. It was fought by the Royal Air Force and China. The//===

===//**__Battle of Pork Chop Hill__** is a Korean war battle during the spring and summer of 1953. In the United States there was a huge loss of life in battles for territory for no value. U.S.A. had 104 dead, including 63 in the 31st Infantry and 31 in the 17th Infantry and 10 that were engineers and artillery observers. 373 people were wounded. Chinese losses were around several hundred dead and a thousand wounded!//===

===//The **__Battle of Osan__** was the first fight between U.S.A. and North Korean forces during the Korean war. U.S.A. was outnumbered and didn't have the best weapons. US Task Force ,Smith, had 500 men that suffered 150 casualties while damaging about 120 enemies. They were delayed around half a day.//===

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===//The **__Battle of Old Baldy__** refers to a series of five battles. It about 10 months for Hill 266 in Korea. There was also furious fighting for both sides before and after these battles. The battle for Old Baldy was bad to both sides. Through on July 21, 1952, the United Nations lost 357 men in the battle for the hill, and Chinese casualties were about more than 1,000.//===

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