On 17 February, Task Force Linden was dissolved when the rest of the 42nd Infantry Division, under Major General Harry J. Collins arrived. Occupying a defensive sector of four miles, the 232nd was placed on the right (south) flank. The regiment began an active defense and conducted 38 reconnaissance patrols and 26 combat patrols by 28 February. They suffered 2 killed, 16 wounded, and 2 missing, while inflicting 12 known enemy dead and 3 known enemy wounded. The majority of their casualties came from Schu mines.
