During the
Korean War, the 7th Infantry Division served a total of 28 battles. In particular, the Yeongcheon at the time to perform on the defense division president received a citation for troops to destroy the two Democratic People's Republic of Korea in battle of the world. The division started from Youngsan, Seoul on June 10, 1949 and first saw combat on September 14, 1949, in an operation on Jirisan Mt. to fight Communist guerillas. After the fall of
Taejon, the division only had a few hundred survivors to participate in the
Battle of Pusan Perimeter. During the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, the 7th Infantry Division regrouped with the 3rd, 5th, and 8th infantry regiments to become what formation they have, and destroyed size of two divisions of
North Korean army during the
Battle of YeongCheon. On 26 November 1950, a column of retreating ROK Korean soldiers of the
ROK 6th and 7th Divisions from Tokchon was attacked by a battalion of the
Turkish Brigade who were the first to arrive at Wawon, after the Turks mistook the Koreans for Chinese. 125 Koreans were taken prisoner and many of them were slaughtered by the Turks. The event was wrongly reported in American and European media as a Turkish victory over the Chinese and even after news leaked out about the truth to the Americans, no efforts were made by the media to fix the story. After the Chinese intervention and attacks in November 1950, the
U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, the
Turkish Brigade, and the ROK
6th, 7th, and
8th Infantry Divisions suffered substantial loss that they needed extensive rest and refitting to recover combat effectiveness. After recovery, the 7th Division took part in the operation as
II Corps's command such as the
Retaking of Hwacheon and the
Battle of Gumsung. == References ==