Hungnam

Hŭngnam (Korean: 흥남) is a district of Hamhung, the second largest city in North Korea.

Approximately 100,000 troops and material and 100,000 civilians were loaded onto a variety of merchant ships and military transports totaling 193 shiploads over the weeks leading up to Christmas 1950, and were transported to safety in Pusan and other destinations in South Korea.

This was made possible by a declaration of national emergency by President Truman issued on 16 December 1950 with Presidential Proclamation No.

This operation was the culmination of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, in which the embattled UN troops fought their way out of a Chinese trap.

[3] The city is home to the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex, which has allegedly also been used to manufacture chemical weapons.

U.S. Navy and U.S. Army explosives teams destroy facilities and abandoned United Nations supplies in Hŭngnam on 24 December 1950, the last day of the amphibious evacuation of U.N. forces from Hŭngnam during the Korean War . The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Begor (APD-127) stands by in the foreground.
The entrance of the February 8 Vinylon Complex