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Battle of Pork Chop Hill
Part of the Korean War

Painting of the 45th Infantry Division at Pork Chop Hill in 1952
Date16–18 April / 6–11 July 1953
Location
North of Yeoncheon, Korea
38°14′29″N 127°1′10″E / 38.24139°N 127.01944°E / 38.24139; 127.01944
Result UN victory in April battle
Chinese victory in July battle
Belligerents

Battle of Pork Chop Hill United Nations

  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill South Korea
  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill Ethiopia
  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill United States
  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill Colombia
  • Battle of Pork Chop Hill Thailand
 Battle of Pork Chop Hill China
Commanders and leaders
Battle of Pork Chop Hill James Van Fleet
Battle of Pork Chop Hill Arthur G. Trudeau		 Battle of Pork Chop Hill Peng Dehuai
Battle of Pork Chop Hill Chung Kuo Chu
Units involved
Battle of Pork Chop Hill 7th Infantry Division
Battle of Pork Chop Hill 21st Infantry Regiment[1]		 Battle of Pork Chop Hill 67th Division (in July battle)
Strength
19,000 men 20,000 men (UN estimate)
6,800 (in July battle)
Casualties and losses

US:
347 killed
1,036 wounded
9 captured

China estimate
3,500 killed or wounded		 UN estimate
1,500 killed
4,000 wounded
Chinese source:
533 killed
1,242 wounded (in July battle)
Battle of Pork Chop Hill is located in North Korea
Battle of Pork Chop Hill
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Location within North Korea

The Battle of Pork Chop Hill, known as Battle of Seokhyeon-dong Northern Hill (Chinese: 石峴洞北山戰鬥) in China, is a pair of related Korean War infantry battles that took place on April 16 and July 11, 1953 while the United Nations Command (UN) and the Chinese and North Koreans were negotiating the Korean Armistice Agreement.

In the United States, the battles were controversial because of the large number of soldiers killed for terrain with no strategic or tactical value, but according to US sources, which are disputed by Chinese sources, the Chinese lost many times the number of US number killed and wounded. The first battle was described in the eponymous history Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring 1953, by S.L.A. Marshall, from which the film Pork Chop Hill was drawn. The UN won the first battle, but the Chinese won the second battle.

The UN forces, supported primarily by the United States, won the first battle when the Chinese broke contact and withdrew after two days of fighting. The second battle involved many more troops on both sides and was bitterly contested for five days, when the UN conceded the hill to the Chinese by withdrawing behind the main battle line.

  1. ^ Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 2010, p. 72.

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