Talk:Battle of Taegu

Inconsistent rank of Paik Sun Yup

Under the command of Major General Paik Sun Yup, this division fought an extremely bloody defense of the mountain approaches to Taegu.[40]

According to Paik's own memoir From Pusan to Panmunjom, he was a Colonel/Brigadier General around that time, and he did not receive the rank Major General until mid 1951. Furthermore, Major General rank is only reserved for corps commander in ROK Armed Forces, and Paik was a division commander at the time. Did US Army Center of Military History made a typo here? Jim101 (talk) 04:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Apparently so. Appleman's US Army History book, Chapter 19 (avaliable here) even has a photo of Paik specifically listing his rank as major general on page 350. Do you have a page in his bio I can use as a ref to change it in this article? —Ed!^(talk) 04:08, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

According to his memoir on page 28, he was promoted to Brigadier General on July 27, 1950, and he was promoted to Major General in April 1951, per page 139-140. So I think that seal it. It is interesting that Appleman did not make the same mistake in his next Korean War book Disaster in Korea. Jim101 (talk) 04:32, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:20, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

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Comments

1. Following the invasion of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) by its northern neighbor, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the subsequent outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950, the United Nations decided to enter the conflict on behalf of South Korea. The United States, a member of the UN, subsequently committed ground forces to the Korean peninsula...

   True but misleading. The United Nations voted to assist South Korea with United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 on the afternoon 27 June. The US had already announced its intention to commit forces earlier in the day.

   Fixed with a different word. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

2. Could you change the references to the "24th Infantry" to "24th Infantry Division" or "24th" as the former idiom is used for regiments?

   Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

3. "Task Force Smith" is referred to without saying what it was.

   Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

4. "Walker" is referred to without noting that he was Eighth Army commander. Explain and link.

   Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

5. "General Gay" is referred to without noting his post or correct rank or linking to his article.

   Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

6. As is General MacArthur, whose first mention is merely "MacArthur" in the discussion of Hill 303.

   Fixed. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

7. "This conprised the largest Air Force operation since the Battle of Normandy in World War II." There's a spelling error. And are you sure about this? Many bombing raids in 1944-45 involved more than 98 aircraft.

   I thought so too, but that is a direct fact taken from a source which I haven't seen contradicted by another source. It probably refers to more than just the number of aircraft involved. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Cheers Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:33, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I have responded to all of your concerns. —Ed!^(talk) 20:16, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

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