Comments on: The Battle of Kapyong

By: Paul Sparling

Paul Sparling — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:15:58 +0000

Ian – yes let's correct the historical record, the Canadians did nothing and deserve zero praise for their role at kapyong- it was all the Americans with (unfortunately) a tiny little help from the Australians.

By: Ian Grantham

Ian Grantham — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:01:02 +0000

Crap! The 14 US Sherman tanks actually poured machine gun fire at each others tanks because there were so many Chinese soldiers on top of their tanks. The Australians had fought of the entire Chinese Dvision for 36 hours with little airtillery support and as they ran out of ammuntion and were in territory that would not support air supply were ordered to retire to new positions ( not as the Canadian report often says..retreat) at this stage the Canadians had not even been engaged, When the Chinese advanced again they ran in to the Australians, along with the British Middlesex Unit in new dug in positions, and then decided not to attack them but turned west to attack the Canadians instead( 1st time Cans enagaged) the Chinese had been fighting non stop for 36 hours against the Australians and the had been stopped with ferocious fighting and were then tired, shocked and amazed, the Canadians by then had effiecent and effective artillery to support them as well as co ordinated air strikes and air supply – some thing the Australians did not have, each countries men fought extremely bravely, but to rubbish the efforts of any is unworthy and to paint the picture as it was not is basically disgusting not to say untrue – the initial attack force was severely blunted by Australian infantry with huge support from USA Sherman Tanks, which resulted in the capability necessary for Canadian forces with strong air and artillery support to do the rest. Your version and many versions like yours is utter crap and does not do justice to what really happened ad Kayong.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:36:29 +0000

There is little mention of the US role in the battle of Kapyong because aside from a company from the 72nd Tank Battalion and artillery units the bulk of US soldiers were in full retreat down the valley. Kapyong was ultimately held by approximately 600 Canadians of the 2nd Battalion PPCLI against a much larger force of Chinese soldiers. The Canadians held the hill only after calling in fire support directly on their own positions and being resupplied by air drop.

By: Marmot

Marmot — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:02:49 +0000

Went to the Punchbowl two years ago. Actually, it's not that difficult to access if you've got a couple of days. Definately worth going to — the views from the rim alone are worth the trip. I should also say that Yang-gu is quite the nice little town, which kind of surprised me given just how out of the way it is. Friendly, too.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:59:51 +0000

I will actually be visiting the Punch Bowl battle site this next weekend hopefully if I can get off of work. I have been wanting to go to the site for awhile but every time I have made plans something from work comes up. It is located way up in the mountains right on the DMZ and difficult to access but I can't wait to get a chance to see it.