Word: paengnyong
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...wish to free themselves from the Communist yoke and start a new, better life with proper honor . . . you are guaranteed refuge, protection, human care and attention. If pilots so desire, their names will be kept secret forever . . ." Escaping pilots were told to fly at 20,000 feet to Paengnyong Island off Korea's west coast, lower their wheels, waggle their wings. U.N. pilots, they were promised, would escort them to Kimpo Airfield, near Seoul...
Actually, much of the instructions were just so much trimming. The Air Force would like very much to get a MIG-15 it could keep and test. But neither the Air Force nor the psychological warfare officers who dreamed up the scheme expected to see MIG-15s flocking to Paengnyong. Said General Mark Clark's chief of psychological warfare: "I have absolutely no expectation of getting a single...
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