C003691

Coin Number stamped "3 29" "Tomahawks"

In Korea the 23rd Infantry served initially as a "fire brigade type unit" and moved to counter enemy thrusts.

From Kunu-ri to Wonji the 23rd Infantry experienced 84 consecutive days of enemy contact, the longest stint of combat of any regiment during the Korean War. On 11 December 1950, a French Battalion, Le Batallion De Coree, was attached to the 23rd Infantry, for the Battles-of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong. In the epic battle of Twin Tunnels, the 23rd Regimental Combat Team routed the enemy at Bayonet point and defeated 2 regiments of the 125th Chinese Communist Division. 2844 enemy dead were counted in front of the Regiment's positions.

The 23rd Infantry thenmoved to Chipyong, where on the night of 13 February 1951 the enemy attacked employing 5 divisions. For 48 hours the attack continued with strikes on all sides of the perimeter. The outnumbered Regiment defeated the enemy force and counted over 5,000 enemy casualties around their positions.

After the Korean War, the 23rd Infantry Regiment returned to Fort Lewis and then was redeployed to Alaska in 1956.