Word: ichang
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Latest U. S.-owned steamer to get in Yangtze trouble is the Iping. Scuddling down the river's rapids, she bumped herself on a rock, limped on, ran a gauntlet of Communist fire, escaped toward Ichang. Next day "friendly" Government artillery suddenly surprised the Iping with shrapnel, desperately wounded two Chinese passengers, put a slug in the leg of Leo Bradley, able seaman U. S. N. Promptly other U. S. Naval guards on the Iping got her guns into action, silenced the Chinese battery with an Imperialist cannonade...