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The residents of Hungnam were forced out.
ROKA troops went door to door ordering them out to the dock for
loading. Their houses were blown up.
In contrast, residents of Hamhung fled on their own
will. In fact, many of them, including my mother and sister, were
turned back by the US military. The Hamhung regugees were mostly
people not in good standing with the Communists.
ysk
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:00
PM
Subject: Re: Hungnam Evacuation
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
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