Tuesday, August 8, 2023

A Korean family mourns their murdered father, victim of the wholesale murder at Chonju by North Koreans, during Korean War, September 27,1950.

   His wife and family wail together in front of the body of his father, who was shot and killed by North Korea's Korean People's Army in Jeonju on September 27, 1950, in the Korean War. North Korea's Korean People's Army massacred and buried civilians as they withdrew from Jeonju. The right side was already dead and covered with gosas. A Korean family grieves over the dead body of their father, a victim of the North Korean genocide in Jeonju, located about 230 km south of the South Korean capital, Seoul, by North Korea's Korean People's Army. Jeonju was occupied by the Korean People's Army in July 1950.

 The 10th U.S. Army of the Korean War landed amphibiously from Wolmido Island in Incheon, Korea, on September 17, 1950; invaded northeastward from the Han River on September 20; on September 26, the U.S. 2nd Cavalry Division and the U.S. 7th Infantry Division joined forces at Pyeongtaek and Osan; and on September 27, the U.S. 7th Infantry Division was captured at Jeonju. The service journalists mainly photographed the process of the recapture of Seoul via Suwon Fortress. He mostly photographed the tense moments of war on the battlefield during the Korean War and the tragic moments of the victims that brought tears to his eyes. The number of photographs taken by the service journalists reached a whopping 40,000. U.S. and South Korean troops recaptured and occupied the South Korean capital, Seoul, from North Korea's Korean People's Army on September 27, 1950.

 On June 25, 1950, about 135,000 North Korean Korean People's Army troops invaded across the Korean border, defended by about 98,000 Republic of Korea troops On June 28, the Korean People's Army occupied the Korean capital, Seoul, and on July 20, Daejeon From August 8, North Korean People's Army troops invaded Busan However, they were repulsed by the U.S. and ROK forces. When the United Nations forces landed at Incheon, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the Korean People's Army suffered a series of defeats, temporarily losing Seoul and Pyongyang. Then, on November 1, 1950, an attack by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army recaptured Pyongyang, and Seoul temporarily fell again and was recaptured. The war front was at a stalemate, and an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.



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