Re: Hungnam Evacuation

[<Jhk789@aol.com>]

In a message dated 12/19/2002 10:50:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, ysk@kimsoft.com writes:


> I spent Xmas of 1950 on an ROKN LST, an evacuation ship from Hungnam.  


I have a question concerning the evacuation.

I am wondering whether the US military or S.Korean gov.
encouraged N.Koreans to flee to the South at the time the US troops were
retreating from the North. How many N.Koreans fled by ships
at Hungnam? How do you explain the motivation of the N.Koreans
fleeing? Were they mostly Christians, anti-communists or people who 
collaborated with the US/S.K. military rule in the North?
What percentage of the village people fled?

jk