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The War Memorial of Korea (Korean: 전쟁기념관) is a museum located in Yongsan-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It opened in 1994 on the former site of the army headquarters to exhibit and memorialize the military history of Korea .
It has served continuously in Korea as a field unit since 25 September 1950 and as fixed medical treatment facility, Seoul Military Hospital, since 1959. [48] In 1971, Seoul Military Hospital merged with the 121st Evacuation Hospital to become the U.S. Army Hospital, Seoul (121st Evacuation Hospital).
The five battles of the Korean War fought in and around the city of Seoul are known as the Battle of Seoul: First Battle of Seoul – North Korean forces capture Seoul on June 28, 1950; Second Battle of Seoul – United Nations forces capture Seoul from the North Koreans in September 1950, following the Battle of Inchon
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The Government-General Building was heavily damaged following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 when North Korea's Korean People's Army invaded South Korea. North Korea's forces briefly occupied the building as an army headquarters until United Nations forces recaptured Seoul in September 1950. The North Koreans set fire to the ...
An estimated 240 North Korean personnel gathered at a Russian military base in Khabarovsk on October 16. ... Satellite images published by Seoul are said to show the North Korean special forces at ...
The current Hangang Railway Bridge in Seoul. Han River in Seoul.. The Hangang Bridge bombing (Korean: 한강 인도교 폭파; Hanja: 漢江人道橋爆破) was a demolition operation conducted by the South Korean Army to destroy the Hangang Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, on 28 June 1950, to delay the rapid North Korean advance towards the city.
A South Korean ballistic missile blew up Wednesday during a live-fire drill with the United States that was a reprisal for North Korea's launch a day earlier of a weapon that flew over Japan.