Re: Yellow Sea Battle

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

Don,

They're talking about "Yongp'yong-do" (which is the island group with 
"Soyongp'yong-do in it.)  Located at the mouth of Haeju Man so this puts 
the scene of the action about half way between Yongp'yong-do and Paengnyong-do.

And, yes.  PY-Do, Taechong-do & Sochong-do are still held by SK and were 
islands we operated from during and after the war.

Ed

At 11:37 PM 6/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Ed:
>
>The Chosun Ilbo article refers to the sea battle being 26 miles west of
>Yeonpyongdo. I cannot find the island on my nautical chart 94033. Could
>it be possibly Soyonp'yong Do (about 30 miles west of Seoul), or more
>likely Paengnyoung Do (referred to as PY-Do)? Didn't you operate out of
>PY-Do during the K-War? My chart says that the three islands that
>include PY-Do are (or were) under UN control, and is in a generally
>contested area between North and South Korea..
>
>Don

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