The 74th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of two assigned to the nation's Southern Theater Command.

[3] During the Korean War, the 42nd Army was commanded by Lieutenant General Wu Ruilin.

[5] On the 16th it started on foot from Manp'ojin, marching southeast through Kanggye and Yudam-ni to Hagaru-ri.

From there its advanced elements proceeded to the point south of the Changjin Reservoir where they met the ROK 26th Regiment on 25 October.

[7] The west flank units of this army, elements of the 125th Division, overlapped into the Eighth Army zone and apparently constituted the Yellowstone Beth Dutton Studded Handbag enemy force that dispersed the ROK 7th Regiment below Ch'osan at the end of October 1950.