 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yeChongchon River yakaitika panguva imwe chete nehondo yeChosin Reservoir, iyo PVA 9th Army Group yakatanga musi wa 27 Mbudzi. Pano mauto eUNC akafamba zvakanaka: kufanana neEighth Army kurwisa kushamisika kwakamanikidzawo X Corps kuti vadzoke kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweKorea, asi ivo vaive mukuita vakakwanisa kuputsa kubva mukuyedza kukomberedzwa nePVA uye kuita kubudirira kwehunyanzvi hwekubvisa. X Corps yakakwanisa kugadzira nzvimbo yekudzivirira muguta rechiteshi cheHungnam musi wa11 Zvita uye vakakwanisa kubuda musi wa24 Zvita kuitira kuti vasimbise mauto eUS Eighth Army kumaodzanyemba. Munguva yekubviswa kweHungnam, ngarava dzinosvika 193 dzeUN Command mauto nemidziyo vanoda kusvika 105,000 varwi, 98,000 vanhuwo zvavo, 17,500 mota, uye matani mazana matatu nemakumi matatu ezvipo vakabviswa kuenda kuPusan. SS Meredith Victory yaizivikanwa nokubudisa vapoteri 14 000, basa guru rokununura rakaitwa nengarava imwe chete, kunyange zvazvo yakanga yakagadzirirwa kutakura vanhu 12. Vasati vatiza, mauto eUN Command akatsvaira guta reHungnam, zvikurukuru zvivako zvengarava. Musi wa 16 Zvita 1950, Mutungamiri Truman akazivisa mamiriro ekukurumidzira kwenyika nePurezidhendi Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 1953, iyo yakaramba ichishanda kusvika 14 Gunyana 1978. Zuva rakatevera racho, 17 December 1950, Kim Il-sung akatorerwa kodzero yokutungamirira KPA neChina. 