 Nokutanga kweHondo yeKorea, Major Sawyer akapiwa basa rokutungamirira 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Akatora rutivi mukumhara paInchonuye hondo yeSeoul muna September 1950. Usiku hwaNovember 3, 1950, panguva yekufambira mberi kupinda muNorth Korea kubva kuWonsan, batachoni raSawyer rakarwiswa zvine utsinye, asi akakwanisa kuvhara mikana yakawanda yakagadzirwa mumutsara uye akatungamira Marines ake kukunda. Vhiki rimwe gare gare, tembiricha dzaiva pasi pezero dzakasvika munharaunda yeChosin Reservoir, uye mauto eChina akatevera pakupera kwemwedzi, achitanga hondo yeChosin Reservoir. MaMarine akatanga kudzokera kuWonsan. 