HMAS Bataan carried out her first air spot bombardment using spotters from HMS Glory, to shell enemy troops encamped outside the village of Pungchon. Later the same day as dusk was falling a brief duel began between the ship and 75mm shore batteries, ending with silence from the enemy and a single hit on the Captain’s day cabin after 78 rounds of 4.7-inch ammunition had started two fires on the battery positions
Australian Naval History on 13 February 1952
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