Massacres in South Korea: Bloody Gulch Massacre, Bodo League Massacre, Chaplain-Medic Massacre, Ganghwa Massacre, Geochang Massacre, Goyang Geumjeong
- ISBN-10
- 1230483330
- ISBN-13
- 9781230483337
- Pages
- 26
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- University-Press.org
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Bloody Gulch massacre, Bodo League massacre, Chaplain-Medic massacre, Ganghwa massacre, Geochang massacre, Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre, Hill 303 massacre, Jeju Uprising, List of massacres in South Korea, Mungyeong massacre, Namyangju Massacre, No Gun Ri Massacre, Sancheong-Hamyang massacre, Seoul National University Hospital Massacre, Yongsan bombing. Excerpt: The No Gun Ri Massacre occurred on July 26-29, 1950, early in the Korean War, when an undetermined number of South Korean refugees were killed by the 2nd Battalion, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (and a U.S. air attack) at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri (revised Romanization Nogeun-ri), 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Seoul. Estimates of the dead have ranged from dozens to 500. In 2005, a South Korean government report listed 163 dead or missing and 55 wounded and added that many other victims' names were not reported. The U.S. Army cites the number of casualties as "unknown." The massacre allegations were little known outside Korea until the publication of Associated Press (AP) reports in 1999 containing interviews with 7th Cavalry veterans who corroborated Korean survivors' accounts. The AP also uncovered warfront orders to fire on refugees, given out of fear of enemy North Korean infiltration. After years of rejecting claims by survivors, the Pentagon conducted an investigation and, in 2001, acknowledged the killings, but referred to the three-day event as "an unfortunate tragedy inherent to war and not a deliberate killing." The U.S. rejected survivors' demands for an apology and compensation. South Korean investigators disagreed with Pentagon findings, saying they believed 7th Cavalry troops were ordered to fire on the refugees. The survivors' group called the U.S. report a "whitewash." Additional archival documents later emerged...
