Word: seoul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thin to Hold. Last week a U.S. major, Charles Hoge, came limping into Seoul on sore legs and blistered feet. He had been KMAG adviser to the R.O.K. national police in Chunchon, which was stormed by guerrillas last fortnight. Major Hoge's story...
...been in Chunchon for six weeks. Lately we had reports the guerrillas were building up strength. We called a meeting and ordered 60% of the population of 75,000 to leave. I got word to Seoul and was told that the 31st R.O.K. Regiment was coming to join...
...like rats in a trap. They had attacked trains, convoys, supply dumps, command posts, burned or terrorized towns, driven thousands of Koreans from their homes. They seemed to be centrally directed by General Kim Chaek, the North Korean who commanded the June invasion and later became occupation commander of Seoul. R.O.K. intelligence officers had intercepted radio messages to Kim's headquarters, which they believed to be in the hills 20 miles north of the parallel...
Three whole R.O.K. divisions have been held in South Korea for anti-guerrilla work. In addition Police Chief Kim Tae Sun has detailed part of his 55,000 national police. The U.S. 187th Airborne Regiment, which had no jumping missions last week, was patrolling the Seoul-Pyongyang highway. Attached to the 187th for anti-guerrilla duty were the British 29th Brigade and the Philippine contingent...
...Others., reached the village and next morning about 100 of us got into a power-company boat and started south. The boat took water, and we had to put 30 out to keep from sinking. We got out of the boat at Chongpyong and got rides in here to Seoul...