Behind L Company was the battalion command group, followed by K and M Companies, with I Company covering the rear.
But by 03 00, a company of Chinese commandos from the 116th Division managed to infiltrate the battalion command post disguised as ROK soldiers.
They immediately reported to the battalion command post.
When the battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Patrick Frank, moved in, it was replacing a lone American Army company of 125 soldiers.
The battalion, commanded by Major Keiji Yano, consisted of 750 infantry and a battery of mountain guns crewed by another 100 men.
In the morning, the attack by elements of the 10th Battalion stalled until the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Julije Reš, personally took command of the operation, clearing the way for the Italians.
"I felt betrayed by my battalion commander and command sergeant major," he said, referring to Lt. Col. Robert Balcavage and Command Sgt. Maj.
But by the time Henderson took over the brigade, General Koster had promised the next battalion command to Barker.
Next to the chair, a knife with a six-inch blade had been jammed into the bark of a tree by the battalion's former command sergeant major, James E. Booker.
By 18h, the Greek 1st Evzone Regiment, together with the 9th Battalion commanded by Major Ioannis Velissariou, entered the village of Agios Ioannis on the southern outskirts of Ioannina.
