Word: hyonpung
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...German lines swayed and writhed across France, the same towns came again & again into the news as they changed hands-Arras, Amiens, Cambrai, Soissons. Korea was producing another crop of such towns, won and lost in a matter of weeks or days instead of years. Pohang, Angang, Yong-chon, Hyonpung and Changnyong had changed hands at least three times. And such towns as Taegu, the northwestern "turntable," and Masan, the south coast anchor, were in the news day after day, because they were under almost constant threat...
Rest for the Weary. On the Nak-tong front, the Communists' Changnyong bridgehead was gone, liquidated in fierce fighting by the Marines and the 24th Division. To the north, at Hyonpung, the enemy still had a small force of about 2,000 men on the east bank of the river, but mopping them up would be no problem. That, however, would not be the 24th's job. The 24th was being relieved by the fresh 2nd Infantry Division, which had just arrived in Korea...
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