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Chunchon

American  
[choon-chuhn] / ˈtʃunˈtʃʌn /

noun

  1. a city in N South Korea.


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Strips of paper draped across a patch of ground near the South Korean town of Chunchon last week spelled out the words, "P.O.W.s�19�rescue."

From Time Magazine Archive

West of Chunchon, the Chinese aimed a force of 25,000 men down the Pukhan River valley toward the confluence of the Pukhan and the Han.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caldwell and his Korean-speaking wife, a missionary's daughter, were stationed at Chunchon just below the 38th parallel.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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Early this week the expanding bridgehead threatened to cut enemy communication lines between Seoul and the Chinese behind-lines supply base at Chunchon.

From Time Magazine Archive

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