Yonpo Airfield
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Yonpo Airfield, also known as Yonpo Air Base or K-27 Air Base, was an airport near Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.
F9F-2 of VF-721 about to attack Yonpo in 1951
C-119s preparing to drop supplies to Marines in the Chosin Reservoir
Marine Ground Control Intercept Squadron 1 radar site located at Yonpo Airfield in December 1950.
Hungnam evacuation
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The Hungnam evacuation or Heungnam redeployment, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North
Yonpo Airfield
…MacArthur ordered the withdrawal of X Corps to South Korea. MacArthur met with General Edward Almond at Yonpo on 11 December and approved the X Corps' evacuation plan. From 14 to 17 December USAF Combat Cargo Command moved 228 patients, 3,891 passengers, and 20,088 tons of cargo from Yonpo. The aerial evacuation from…
Demolition charges destroy Hŭngnam port on 24 December 1950; USS Begor is in the foreground.
Refugees aboard SS Meredith Victory
Hungnam Evacuation memorial at Geoje POW camp.