Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Major General Hobart Guy: The 1st Cavalry Division was formed in 1921 and was known for his proficiency in armored warfare tactics as a staff officer to four-star General Patton during World War II. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the first U.S. ground force to enter the Korean War was the 1st Cavalry Division. As a trump card in Walker's hand, the first confrontation between the 1st Cavalry Division and the Volunteers took place in the Battle of Unsan, in which the 1st Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses under the blows of the Volunteer 39th Army, killing 1840 American troops and losing 28 tanks and 190 artillery, which was the worst defeat of the US 1st Cavalry Division since its establishment.
Rear Admiral Oliva Smith, Commander of the 1st Marine Division: The 1st Marine Division, founded in 1941, performed well in world war II at the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Peleliu Island, and the Battle of Okinawa. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the 1st Marine Division, led by division commander Olivar Smith, participated in the Inchon Landing and the Battle of Seoul. In the Battle of Chosin Lake, the 1st Division was besieged by 3 divisions of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army in Liutanli, but it finally broke through with its strong firepower, losing only a few hundred people, and the division commander, Major General Smith, was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit.
Rear Admiral Lawrence Kaiser, Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division: The U.S. 2nd Infantry Division was formed in 1917 and Lawrence Kaiser was the 33rd division commander of the division, but he remained in the divisional commander position for only 8 months before being removed from his post because of the division's heavy losses and loss of combat effectiveness in the second battle. Ridgway, commander of the U.S. 8th Army, wrote on page 84 of his memoir, The Korean War, that on November 26, 1950, Chinese troops began to attack the U.S. 2nd Division, endlessly blowing their military trumpets. In the subsequent battles, the heroic unit of the US 2nd Division lost more than 4,000 people, as well as a large number of artillery, signal equipment and sapper equipment. The U.S. 2nd Division suffered heavy losses along the Cheongcheon River and was declared incapacitated at the end of November, so it withdrew to South Korea for reorganization and replenishment." From this point of view, Kaiser's removal is really not unjust at all.
Major General Robert Saul, Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division: The U.S. 3rd Division was founded in 1917 and was also known as the "Marne Rock" Division because of its outstanding exploits in the Battle of the Marne in World War I. It has 3 infantry regiments, 5 artillery battalions and 4 directly subordinate battalions, with a total of more than 16,000 people in the division, with 333 tanks, 411 armored vehicles and 583 artillery pieces. Although it had super firepower, the division did not have much outstanding performance on the battlefield, and the successful breakthrough of the 1st Division in the Battle of Chosin Lake was the only highlight of the division in the entire war.
Major General De Barr, Commander of the US 7th Division: The 7th Infantry Division of the US Army was founded in 1917 and participated in World War I and World War II, because the completion of combat tasks was as punctual as the "dripper" used in ancient timekeeping, so it was named "Drip Division". After the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. 7th Division, led by Division Commander Major General Dai Barr, participated in the Inchon Landings commanded by MacArthur and attacked Seoul with the 1st Mounted Division. However, in the Battle of Chosin Lake that broke out shortly after, the US 7th Division suffered heavy losses, the Polar Bear Regiment under its command was destroyed in an organized structure, the regimental flag was captured by our army, and Dai Barr was dismissed from his post.
Commander of the U.S. 24th Division William Dean: The U.S. 24th Infantry Division was formed in 1941, and William Dean was the 8th division commander of the division, who only served in this position for 13 months before he was defeated in the Battle of Daejeon, lost to the division headquarters on the way to escape, and was captured by North Korean guerrillas after 36 days in the middle of the mountain. When Dean was repatriated in September 1953, he returned to China with a book about his experiences in a prisoner-of-war camp titled Adventures in Korea, the rights to which he sold to a New York publisher for $100,000. At that time, 100,000 U.S. troops was definitely a huge amount, so it can be seen that what Dean was good at was writing, not fighting.
Major General William Keane, commander of the US 25th Division: The US 25th Infantry Division was founded in 1941, and in World War II, the division participated in the Pacific War, from Australia to Okinawa, the "gate of Japan", and performed very well. In July 1950, William Keane led the 25th Division into the Korean War, and in the second battle the division suffered heavy losses, 80% of the heavy weapons losses, more than half of the troop losses, a black company belonging to the 24th Regiment also surrendered to the 39th Volunteer Army, william Keane was also severely criticized by his superiors.