Geared for a move to the X Corps' sector since 11 May, the leading battalion of the 15th Regimental Combat Team made the 70 miles trip from its assembly area southeast of Seoul to Hoengsong by midmorning on 17 May. The remainder of the force, which included the division's medium artillery battalion, completed the move early on 18 May. Also sent east by Van Fleet were a battery of 155-mm.