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Photo Caption: American combat troops arriving at Taejon on July 2, 1950. These soldiers were members of Task Force Smith. Task Force Smith was the first U.S. Army ground maneuver unit to enter combat in Korea. On June 30, 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized General Douglas MacArthur to commit ground forces und

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The Battle of Osan () was the first engagement between United States and North Korea n forces during the Korean War , on July Task Force Smith, a U.S. task force of infantry supported by an artillery battery , was moved to Osan , south of the South Korea n capital Seoul , and ordered to fight as a rearguard to delay ad