battle, Cold War

First Battle of the Hook

Name: First Battle of the Hook
Start: 1952-10-28
Location: South Korea

First Battle of the Hook was a battle fought on 28 October 1952 in what is now South Korea. The recorded result: UN victory.

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Fought28 October 1952

WhereSouth Korea38.029N, 126.842E

OutcomeUN victory

BelligerentsUnited Nations; United StatesagainstChina

Casualties and lossesUSMC: 79 killed; 435 wounded; 12 MIA; 27 capturedandUN estimate; 269 casualties

Record

Date	28 October 1952
Place	South Korea 38.029N, 126.842E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Casualties and losses	USMC: 79 killed; 435 wounded; 12 MIA; 27 captured	UN estimate; 269 casualties
Commanders	Edwin A. Pollock Leo J. Dulacki

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Battle of the Hook 1952, same recorded site
Battle of the Samichon River 1953, 0.4 km W
Battle of the Hook 1953, 0.4 km W
Battle of the Nevada Complex 1953, 4.7 km SW
Battle of Bunker Hill 1952, 13 km SW

Elsewhere in 1952

Battle of Na San Vietnam
Battle of Triangle Hill North Korea
Battle of Nanri Island People's Republic of China
Battle of White Horse South Korea
Battle of Old Baldy South Korea

First Battle of the Hook is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 113 in present-day South Korea.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q65058524, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of the Hook, revision 1370619083, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.