Wonsan (Korean pronunciation: [wʌn.san]), previously known as Wonsanjin (元山津), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea,...
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The Blockade of Wonsan, or the Siege of Wonsan, from February 16, 1951, to July 27, 1953, during the Korean War, was the longest naval blockade in modern...
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Wonsan Sunchon On the night of January 29, 1952, amid the Korean War, four American military personnel aboard two different B-29 bombers reported seeing...
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The Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival (Korean: 원산국제친선항공축전), or Wonsan Air Festival, is an air show first held in September 2016 at Kalma Airport...
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Kalma Airport (redirect from Wonsan Airport)
Airport (IATA: WOS, ICAO: ZKWS) is a dual-use civil and military airport in Wonsan, Kangwon-do, North Korea. A new international terminal and passenger ramp...
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Wonsan-class minelayer (Korean: 원산급 기뢰부설함; Hanja: 元山級機雷敷設艦) or MLS-I (Mine Laying Ship-I) is a one-ship class of minelayers currently in service on the...
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The Pyongyang–Wonsan Tourist Motorway (Korean: 평양원산관광도로) is a 172-kilometre-long highway (107 mi) in North Korea that connects the cities of Pyongyang...
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Wŏnsan station (Korean: 원산역) is railway station located in Yangji-dong, Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea. It is on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean...
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Wonsan Pyongyang Kyo-hwa-so No. 88 Wonsan(원산 88호 교화소) is a "reeducation camp" in Wonsan, Kangwŏn. Its number of prisoners is currently unknown. Human...
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pronunciation: [kaŋ.wʌn.do]) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. Before the division of Korea in 1945, Kangwŏn Province and its South Korean...
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Wonsan Agricultural University (Korean: 원산농업대학; MR: Wŏnsan Nongŏptaehak) is a public agricultural university in Wonsan, North Korea. The university was...
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US Air Force attacking railroads south of Wonsan on the eastern coast of North Korea...
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I Corps (South Korea) (section Wonsan (1950))
rushed north to the North Korean port of Wonsan on October 10, 1950. Leaving parts of their force in Wonsan, the I Corps also went west. The U.S. Army...
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striking a mine at Wonsan, North Korea, 13 killed/missing, 12 October 1950. USS Pledge (AM-277) sunk after striking a mine at Wonsan, North Korea, 12 October...
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Kanggye South Hwanghae 황해남도 Haeju North Hwanghae 황해북도 Sariwon Kangwon 강원도 Wonsan South Hamgyong 함경남도 Hamhung North Hamgyong 함경북도 Chongjin Ryanggang 량강도 Hyesan...
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National Route 7: Sokcho - Goseong Wonsan–Mount Kumgang Motorway [ko]: Kosong - Wonsan Branch: Pyongyang–Wonsan Motorway: Wonsan - Pyongyang (Marked as National...
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A United States Air Force A-26 Invader airstrike on warehouses in Wonsan during the Korean War...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamhung (redirect from Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan)
Church in North Korea. Originally erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan in 1920, the name has been changed twice, once to Kankoensis o Hameungensis...
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films were processed in the United States, they showed Pueblo to be in the Wonsan harbor area surrounded by two North Korean vessels. There was dissent among...
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The North Korean city of Wonsan under attack by B-26 bombers from the Fifth Air Force, 1951...
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in Wonsan Harbor. Throughout June, Iowa trained her guns on targets at Mayang-do, Tanchon, Chongjin, Chodo–Sokcho and the ports of Hŭngnam and Wonsan in...
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(Wŏnsan Port station) is a freight-only railway station serving the port of Wŏnsan city, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the terminus of the Wŏnsan Port...
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Jersey's guns opened the first shore bombardment of her Korean career at Wonsan 20 May. During her two tours of duty in Korean waters, she was repeatedly...
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that names are previously used by decommissioned minesweepers. ROKS Wonsan (Wonsan class) ROKS Ongjin (Yangyang class) and ROKS Goryeong (Ganggyeong class)...
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Wonsan under attack by B-26 bombers from the U.S. Air Force, 1951...
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took over the northeast of the peninsula, and on 16 August, they landed at Wonsan. On 24 August, the Red Army entered Pyongyang and established a military...
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of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien, located near the town of Wonsan in what is now North Korea. Founded as a monastic mission in Seoul, the...
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Marine landing. In October 1950, UDTs supported mine-clearing operations in Wonsan Harbor where frogmen would locate and mark mines for minesweepers. On 12...
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democratic Korea. MacArthur now planned another amphibious assault, on Wonsan on the east coast, but it fell to South Korean troops before the 1st Marine...
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one to two round trips per month between the Port of Niigata, Japan and Wonsan, North Korea, with a one-way trip lasting about 28 hours. Most of the passengers...
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