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Chunchon

American  
[choon-chuhn] / ˈtʃunˈtʃʌn /

noun

  1. a city in N South Korea.


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Along the central front above Chunchon, the enemy counterattacked; the main blow in his anticipated offensive seemed likely to come in this sensitive sector.

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A short while later, three tanks rolled up to Chunchon to rescue 18 marines and a G.I. who were captured last December in fighting at Changjin Reservoir.

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I had been in Chunchon for six weeks.

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Many of the fleeing South Koreans tossed their weapons away, on the road back to Chunchon.

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A full Northern division surrounded the central Korean railway terminus of Chunchon, just south of the border.

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