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Chipyong-ni was defended because the commanding general of Eighth Army (Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway) decided to make a stand there against the Chinese Communists. In the chronology of Korean battles; the fighting for Chipyong-ni followed the withdrawal from northern Korea at the end of 1950; a brief Eighth Army offensive that began on 5 February 1951; and a full-scale Chinese counteroffensive that struck a week later. The 23d Regimental Combat Team made the decisive defense of Chipyong-ni on 13 and 14 February 1951. This action followed the patrol ambush and the subsequent battle for the Twin Tunnels area some high ground three miles southeast of Chipyong-ni. After the Twin Tunnels operation; the 23d Infantry Regiment (2d Infantry Division) proceeded on the afternoon of 3 February to the town of Chipyong-ni and set up a perimeter defense. Chipyong-ni was a small crossroads town half a mile long and several blocks wide; situated on a single-track railroad. Besides the railway station there were several other brick or frame buildings in the center of the town; but most of the buildings were constructed of the usual mud; sticks; and straw. At least half of the buildings were already reduced to rubble as the result of previous fighting in the town.