Word: mokpo
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Little by little the picture was enlarged. At Wonju 1,000 to 2,000 had been killed, including five U.S. officers, at Suchon 280, at Mokpo 500, at Yangpyong 700, at Chongju 2,400, at Yosu...
...wake of the 1st Marines moved the U.S. 7th Infantry Division and South Korean marines who helped mop up guerrillas. The South Koreans made a landing of their own, from Korean naval craft, some 200 miles down the west coast, at Mokpo. From this port, U.N. forces had access to the rich rice fields of southwest Korea, which are just ready for the harvest...
...Reds took Namwon, Kwangju and Mokpo-then, wheeling east, Posong, Sunchon, Yosu, Hadong, Ponggye. Elements of the Americans' tired and battered 24th Infantry Division, which needed a rest, and of the ist Cavalry Division, which could ill be spared from the central front, were wheeled 60 miles south to meet the threat. After the fall of Chinju, the next likely enemy objective was Masan-27 miles from Pusan...