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Ulsan. / 35.550°N 129.317°E / 35.550; 129.317. Ulsan ( Korean pronunciation: [uɭ.s͈an] ), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea 's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. [ 2] It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
The Hungnam evacuation[ 1] or Heungnam redeployment[ 2][ 3] ( Korean : 흥남 철수 작전; Hanja : 興南撤收作戰 ), also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations (UN) forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War.
The allied army, number 29,500 men, laid siege to Tosan near Ulsan in late October. The fortress was too heavily fortified to attempt an assault, however a series of engagements did occur around the area, resulting in more than 2,000 Japanese casualties. Allied forces lifted the siege on 2 November.
Camp Humphreys ( Korean: 캠프 험프리스 ), also known as United States Army Garrison-Humphreys ( USAG-H ), is a United States Army garrison located near Anjeong-ri and Pyeongtaek metropolitan areas in South Korea. [ 3] Camp Humphreys is home to Desiderio Army Airfield, the busiest U.S. Army airfield in Asia, with an 8,124-foot (2,476 m ...
The United States was still war weary from the disruptive World War II campaign and refused South Korea's request for weapons and troops. [2] North Korea convinced the Soviet Union to supply them with the weapons and support they requested. This decision coincided with the United States withdrawing the last remaining combat troops from South ...
Camp Liberty Bell. Camp LaGuardia (US Army Airfield) - closed. Camp Long - closed. Camp Long Jon. Camp Market - closed. Camp McNabb (Jeju Island) – closed. Camp Mercer, Seoul - 44th Engineering Battalion. Camp Mobile. Camp Mosier (U.S. 43rd Mash Unit and 377th Air Ambulance) - closed.
The naval Battle of Ulsan (Japanese: 蔚山沖海戦 Urusan'oki kaisen; Russian: Бой в Корейском проливе, Boi v Koreiskom prolive), also known as the Battle of the Japanese Sea or Battle of the Korean Strait, took place on 14 August 1904 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, four days after the ...
The Ulsan-class frigate (Korean: 울산급 호위함; Hanja: 蔚山級護衛艦) is the high-end complement of the high-low mix domestic naval construction plan of the Republic of Korea Navy under the 1st Yulgok Project (1974–1986) for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.