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Seventy years on - Korean refugees hope for one more miracle

North Korean refugees use anything that will float to evacuate Hungnam.

North Korean refugees use anything that will float to evacuate Hungnam. Source: US National Archives and Record Administration

An operation code-named Christmas Cargo remains one of the most extraordinary stories of the Korean War, nearly 70 years ago.


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An operation code-named Christmas Cargo remains one of the most extraordinary stories of the Korean War, nearly 70 years ago.


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