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Word: chongjin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...carefully north along both sides of the Changjin reservoir, took the town of Udam on a western arm of the lake. On the Yalu, the 7th Division, moving west, extended its river frontage to ten miles. On the east coast, South Koreans seized the important but ruined port of Chongjin, pushed on north...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: Stalled | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

...Mountain, commanding several miles of lateral road along the front. On the east coast the Reds were stopped with the help of Allied airplanes and naval gunfire, from the cruiser Rochester and a destroyer. This week the South Koreans were again rapidly pushing toward the Red-held port of Chongjin. They also shoved a force inland to threaten the flank of the enemy units facing the U.S. 7th Division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF KOREA: To the Border | 11/27/1950 | See Source »

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