>>>Besides the Yanks, I ran into of Brits, Aussies, Canadians, Columbians and Turks.
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>Until the more recent War of the Willing, where you encounter Aussie troops you'll generally find Kiwis not too far away. With such a small population, when NZ does send people they tend to be specialized and fairly quiet about what they do, if you see what I mean. FWIW, NZ's current Governor General (local representative of the head of state, Queen Elizabeth) was a member of the NZSAS.
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>Kap'yong probably was the fiercest individual battle fought by ANZAC troops ever, against a massive and determined enemy.
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>Quotation:
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>"At dusk on April 23rd., massive Chinese forces smashed a ten-mile gap in the front. They threatened to split the UN Army in two: had they not been stopped at Kap'yong, they may well have pushed all the way down to Seoul and captured the entire Korean Peninsula.
>All the fighting units involved have their own recollections, and they naturally vary according to their positions on the battlefield.
>As far as 16th.Field Regt., Royal NZ Artillery went, they were firing their 25pdrs at almost point-blank range into wave after wave of seemingly impervious enemy. When the Chinese got under the artillery barrage and began to climb uphill towards them, gun trails were even lifted up so the barrels could be depressed enough to fire down into them. At one stage, the Chinese reached the gun lines and there was ferocious hand-to-hand fighting: my father recalled clubbing at enemy soldiers with a piece of 4x2 timber!
>The Regiment was forced to withdraw to prepared back-up positions in the dark of night with no lights and, without loss, were rapidly back in action in support of the infantry.
>16 Fld Regt kept pouring heavy artillery near other UN units, being the deciding factor in multiple areas. The kiwi gunners pounded the enemy relentlessly but, despite heavy losses, the Chinese repeatedly threw wave after wave of troops into the artillery barrage in suicidal attempts to overrun the Oz positions.
>For the next four days and nights the regiment fired without pause, the gunners - stripped to the waist - sweating over their smoking, paint-blistered guns. In the thirty hours preceding Anzac Day, they fired about 10,000 rounds. Oz casualties were heavy but the infantry, with the support of the NZ guns, accounted for an estimated 1,000 Chinese killed and 3,000 wounded.
>At dawn on Anzac Day the Chinese massed for their greatest assault. Meeting the advance with murderous fire, the Australians piled up at least 500 enemy dead around their positions. Then the assault fizzled out. New Anzac traditions had been made.
>For their deeds, 16th.Field Regiment received the Presidential Unit Citation from the President of the Republic of Korea.
>Many call Korea "The Forgotten War", yet it contains one of the greatest stands in our military history."
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>From http://yardyyardyyardy.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/forgotten-battle-of-kapyong.html

Thank you for the quotation, John.
Outstanding bravery shown by that regiment.