...On 26 March, the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) resumed its attack to cut the enemy escape route. The action that took place on Hill 228 is illustrated. About the same time that Company F moved north to attack Hill 178, the 3d Battalion moved up on line south of the 1st Battalion...

...One tool available to General Ridgway that could be used to trap and destroy part of the enemy forces was the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT). The escape of the enemy from Ch'unch'on led General Ridgway to look for another opportunity to use the 187th Airborne RCT. The new operation...

...Commanders believed that the only hope for UN success was a rapid move east by the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) to hit the rear of the Chinese in front of the 3d Division. However, the 187th Airborne with its attached Task Force Growdon was in the midst of resupply activities...