The Regiment van Heutsz is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. The regiment was named after J.B. van Heutsz, a former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who successfully brought the Aceh War closer to an end, and was formed on July 1, 1950. It is notable for its service as part of the United Nations force sent to fight during the Korean War. It is still operational and has served tours as part of the ISAF Afghanistan mission.

Origin

From 1832 to 1950 a substantial colonial army was maintained in the Dutch East Indies under the title of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL). Following Indonesian independence the Dutch and indigenous personnel of this force were demobilised but with the establishment of the Regiment van Heutsz on July 1, 1950 the traditions and distinctions of the KNIL were transferred to the new regiment. These included the inscription 'Military Operations Royal Dutch East Indies Army 1816-1950', still carried on the King's Colour.

Korean War

The van Heutsz Regiment was incorporated into the  (NDVN) (Netherlands Detachment United Nations), which also included the Dutch Naval component sent to Korea. While 16,225 people volunteered for service in Korea, only 3,418 men were accepted and sent. 2,980 of those participated in the actual war, as the units that arrived after the armistice (July 27, 1953) did not participate in any fighting.

The Korean War battalion of Regimentwas van Heutsz  wans formed on 9 September 1950. They left Netherlands in October 26 1950 and arrived Pusan in 23 November 1950, but took the detachment as its first battalion. The regiment has the battle honor Korea 1950–1954 on its colors. In Korea, the van Heutsz troops (being understrength) were re-enforced by South Korean "KATCOM" troops. The Dutch served at three key battles, all around the Iron Triangle sector between 1951 and 1953.

Since the Regiment van Heutsz did not have its colors in 1950, a Dutch flag that was used in Korea as the battle flag of the Nederlands Detachement Verenigde Naties became the regimental colour. This flag now has official status and is shown on every parade and function of the regiment in tandem with the Sovereign's Colour awarded years after (which makes the regiment the only one in the RNA to carry a UK-style strand of colours). American and Korean battle streamers, representing the US Presidential Unit Citation, are attached to this flag.

The Regiment suffered 116 Dutch and 20 attached-Korean soldiers killed in action, three soldiers are still MIA, while one Dutchman was taken prisoner and died in a North Korean POW camp. The Dutch casualties are buried at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, including their commander, Lt. Col. Marinus Petrus Antonius den Ouden, who was killed in action during the Battle of Hoengsong in February 1951. (Posthumously, den Ouden was received Netherlands' highest military award, the Military Order of William.) A total of 381 soldiers were wounded. A total of 115 Surinamese soldiers also fought together with the Dutch, at least two died.

Post Korean service and ISAF deployment
The traditions of the Regiment van Heutsz are currently maintained by one battalion serving as part of 11 Luchtmobiele (Airmobile) Brigade:

12 Infanterie Bataljon is one of three air assault infantry battalions within the air mobile brigade

From 2006 to 2010, the battalion formed the basis of the battlegroup attached to Task Force Uruzgan, the primary Dutch component of the multi-national forces in Afghanistan. For this, the regiment was awarded with the battle honour "Noord-Kandahar 2006 en Uruzgan 2006-2009" for operations in Afghanistan, especially for combat operations in 2006 and 2007, the operation Tura Ghar in 2008-2009 and the actions of the doorgunners between 2006 and 2009.

See also
 United Nations Forces in the Korean War
 Medical support in the Korean War
 Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers
 Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard

References

Bibliography
 VOKS Vereniging Oud Korea Strijders / Korea Combatant Club
 
 M.D. Schaafsma, Het Nederlands Detachement Verenigde Naties in Korea 1950-1954 (Den Haag: Staatsuitgeverij, 1960).
Christ Klep & Richard van Gils, Van Korea tot Kabul: De Nederlandse militaire deelname aan vredesoperaties sinds 1945 (Den Haag: Sdu, 2005).
Bernadette C.M. Kester, Herman Roozenbeek and Okke Groot, Focus op Korea: de rol van de Nederlandse pers in de beeldvorming over de Korea-oorlog 1950-1953 (Den Haag: Sdu uitgevers, 2000)

Further reading
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (Belgium, Colombia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (E-BOOK) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (Belgium, Colombia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (PDF) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (Summary) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (E-BOOK) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (Summary) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (PDF) 

 The Korean War and the UN Forces - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2015 (E-BOOK)  
 The Korean War and the UN Forces - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2015 (PDF)  
 The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (E-BOOK)  
 The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF)  
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1998 (E-BOOK)  
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1998 (PDF)  
 The Summary of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1986 (PDF)  
 The History of the Korean War-10:  The UN Forces (Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Netherlands) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1980 (E-BOOK)  
 The History of the Korean War-10: The UN Forces (Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Netherlands) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1980 (PDF)

External links
Official history of the Dutch participation in Korea
Website Regiment van Heutsz
Korean War History of NDVN 
Dutch participation in the Korean War
 Dutch Re-enactment unit, NDVN 1953 
 van Heutsz Regiment in Korea

United Nations Forces in the Korean War
van Heutsz
Military units and formations established in 1950
Netherlands
판 회츠 연대는 네덜란드 왕립 육군의 보병 연대로 이름은 네덜란드령 동인도의 총독 J. B. 판 회츠에서 따왔다. 1950년 7월 1일 창설된 부대는 한국 전쟁 기간 동안 국제 연합군 사령부에서 활약했으며, 이 때에는 네덜란드 식민지였던 수리남인도 포함되어 있었다. 이 부대는 현재도 운용 중이며, 아프가니스탄에서 국제안보지원군의 일원으로 참가하고 있다.

한국 전쟁

네덜란드 대대 
판 회츠 연대 소속의 대대급 부대가 국제 연합 네덜란드 부대(Nederlands Detachement Verenigde Naties)에 포함되어 한국 전쟁에 참전했다.(819명의 대대급 규모가 파견되어 한국전쟁에 참여했기 때문에 네덜란드 대대로도 호칭하며 연인원 5,322명이 참전하였다.)

16,225명의 자원군이 있었지만 3,418명만 파견되었다. 

판 회츠 연대의 보병 1개 대대가 1950년 10월 26일 수송선을 타고 출발하여 1950년 11월 23일 부산에 도착하였다. 파견병 중 2,980명 만이 실제로 전투에 참여했는데 나머지 500여명은 한국정전협정 체결 이후 파견되어 전쟁에 참여하지 않았기 때문이다.

판 회츠 연대는 대한민국 1950-1954라는 전투 훈장에 자국 군대의 색을 붙이기도 했다. 한국 전쟁에서 판 회츠 연대는 대한민국의 카투사로부터 부족한 병사들을 보충하였고 1953년까지 철의 삼각지대에서 벌어진 대다수의 중요한 전투에 참여해 전공을 세웠다.

판 회츠 연대는 1950년 군대 색을 가지고 있지 않았기 때문에 한국 전쟁 때 사용하던 네덜란드 국기가 전투기로 사용되었고, 깃발의 색이 연대는 색이 되었다. 이 깃발은 이제 공식적인 지위를 부여받았으며 모든 행사 때 이 깃발이 등장한다. 또한 이 깃발은 여단의 기능도 보여주고 있다. 미국과 대한민국의 전투 색테이프가 이 깃발에 붙어있다.

한국 전쟁 당시 연대에서 116명의 네덜란드인과 20명의 대한민국 병사들이 목숨을 잃었으며 3명은 여전히 실종 상태이고 1명은 포로가 되어 포로수용소에서 생을 마감했다. 네덜란드군의 사망자는 부산광역시의 유엔 기념 공원에 묻혀있다. 사망자에는 지휘관 마리누스 페트루스 안토니우스 덴 오우덴 중위가 포함되어 있으며, 그는 1951년 라운드업 작전에서 전사했다. 부상자는 총 381명이다.  115명의 수리남 사람들도 네덜란드 군에 배속되어 싸웠는데 적어도 2명이 죽은 것으로 추정된다.

전후 활동 및 ISAF 참여
판 회츠 연대는 현재도 제11공중기동여단의 일부로 남아 1개 대대를 운용 중이다. 

2006년부터 2010년까지 연대는 전투단을 편성해 우르우즈간 기동부대에 배속되었고, 아프가니스탄에서 활동 중이다.

같이 보기 
 6.25 전쟁 유엔군 파병 국가
 6.25 전쟁 의료지원단 파견 국가

참고 문헌 
 6.25 전쟁과 유엔군 - 국방부 군사편찬연구소, 2015 (E-BOOK) 
 6.25 전쟁과 유엔군 - 국방부 군사편찬연구소, 2015 (PDF) 
 통계로 본 6.25 전쟁 - 국방부 군사편찬연구소, 2014 (E-BOOK) 
 통계로 본 6.25 전쟁 - 국방부 군사편찬연구소, 2014 (PDF) 
 유엔군 지원사 - 국방부 군사연구소, 1998 (E-BOOK) 
 유엔군 지원사 - 국방부 군사연구소, 1998 (PDF) 
 한국전쟁 요약 - 국방부 전사편찬위원회, 1986 (PDF) 
 한국전쟁사 제10권 - 유엔군 참전편 (오스트레일리아, 벨기에, 룩셈부르크, 캐나다, 콜롬비아, 에티오피아, 프랑스, 그리스, 네덜란드) - 국방부 전사편찬위원회, 1979, (E-BOOK) 
 한국전쟁사 제10권 - 유엔군 참전편 (오스트레일리아, 벨기에, 룩셈부르크, 캐나다, 콜롬비아, 에티오피아, 프랑스, 그리스, 네덜란드) - 국방부 전사편찬위원회, 1979, (PDF) 

 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (Belgium, Colombia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (E-BOOK) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (Belgium, Colombia, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (PDF) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (Summary) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (E-BOOK) 
 The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (Summary) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (PDF)

각주

외부 링크 
 

1950년 설립
네덜란드의 군사사
한국 전쟁에 참전한 대대
한국 전쟁 유엔군 파병 국가
나라별 한국 전쟁
나라별 한국 전쟁의 부대 및 편성