US Navy History Archive

["ysk" <ysk@kimsoft.com>]

In surfing thru the Navy history archives, I found an entry on Munsan, a ROK
navy LST.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/rok/rok-name.htm US Navy History
archives


The photos show US navy trying to salvage the ship.  The strange thing with
the photos is that the folks were standing around on the beach and on the
deck as if on a picnic.

South Korean records state that the ship was hit and abandoned after her
captain and crew were killed by enemy fire. A second LST, with one warship
escorting, were sent to rescue the stranded partisans, but it too came under
enemy fire and left the scene leaving behind a number of the poor Korean
guerrillas.

The only explanation I can think of is that the photos were taken weeks
after the dates given in the archives, long after the incident and Kim's
boys went home.



ysk