Marines had tanks, artillery, bridging equipment, Marine Air. March 27, 1953, the 5th Marines Recoilless Rifle Platoon at Outpost Vegas used ingenuity and employed Sergeant Reckless, a horse to make 51 round trips carrying more than 9,000 lbs of ammo from the ammunition point to gun teams. Marines in Reserve Units that had yet not been to boot camp were trained on board ship while moving toward Korea. “Give me Tomorrow ” by Patrick K O’Donnell is one of many books that describes the Forgotten War.
There is mention of the close air support that was provided, by both Marine Air Wing as well as overall allied air assets.
The Marines would position screening forces on the surrounding high ground to protect the column and call in close-air support (CAS) within a band approximately ten miles wide, but they would sometimes give up the high ground if it helped strengthen their lines and improve their overall combat power. They moved under the cover of almost-constant CAS. Although there were more aircraft on station during daylight than during the 16 hours of darkness, “night heckler” aircraft did provide some protection from nightly Chinese harassment, and napalm was the ordnance of choice around the clock.
The Marines expertly integrated all available fires to support their maneuver, broke through the enemy’s frequent roadblocks, and protected each other despite the overpowering urge to succumb to the self-preservation instincts most were experiencing in the Arctic-like environment."
Marines had tanks, artillery, bridging equipment, Marine Air. March 27, 1953, the 5th Marines Recoilless Rifle Platoon at Outpost Vegas used ingenuity and employed Sergeant Reckless, a horse to make 51 round trips carrying more than 9,000 lbs of ammo from the ammunition point to gun teams. Marines in Reserve Units that had yet not been to boot camp were trained on board ship while moving toward Korea. “Give me Tomorrow ” by Patrick K O’Donnell is one of many books that describes the Forgotten War.
From "US Naval Institute"
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/december/70-miles-cold-hard-road
There is mention of the close air support that was provided, by both Marine Air Wing as well as overall allied air assets.
The Marines would position screening forces on the surrounding high ground to protect the column and call in close-air support (CAS) within a band approximately ten miles wide, but they would sometimes give up the high ground if it helped strengthen their lines and improve their overall combat power. They moved under the cover of almost-constant CAS. Although there were more aircraft on station during daylight than during the 16 hours of darkness, “night heckler” aircraft did provide some protection from nightly Chinese harassment, and napalm was the ordnance of choice around the clock.
The Marines expertly integrated all available fires to support their maneuver, broke through the enemy’s frequent roadblocks, and protected each other despite the overpowering urge to succumb to the self-preservation instincts most were experiencing in the Arctic-like environment."