Word: lwanhsien
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...great Kailan coal mines to the port of Chinwangtao. For nine days none of the Kailan coal, which China desperately needs, had moved. U.S. Major General Dewitt Peck, commander of the ist Marine Division, tried the route to Chinwangtao. For two days Communist guerrillas sporadically attacked his train. Near Lwanhsien village, his train was stalled by Communist small-arms fire. General Peck ordered the marines to fire back, while he sat smoking his pipe and cursing. Then he called for a Piper Cub to finish the trip. His superior, Major Gen eral Keller E. Rockey, commander of the III Amphibious...
...directing General Peck to send an emissary to [Lwanhsien] to inform the Communist leader that if the fire continues against our forces, I will order an air strafing mission against the village...
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