bobdina
06-28-2009, 01:43 PM
June 28, 1950
ROKA engineers blow the Han River Bridge at approximately 2:15 a.m. trapping the bulk of 3 ROKA divisions fighting on the outskirts, plus ROKA Hq and KMAG personnel still in Seoul. Somewhere between 500 and 800 people - civilian & military- are killed in the explosion. All trapped KMAG were able to escape across the Han River later in the day via still-operating ferries, arriving in Suwon late that afternoon, where KMAG senior personnel briefed Gen. Church.
The South Korean army abandons the capitol city of Seoul. The world reacts to events in Korea and the United States.
North Korean force entered Seoul in the early afternoon and street fighting ensued but by midnight Seoul was in North Korean hands. http://www.korean-war.com/TimeLine/1950/06-25to08-03-50.html
ROKA engineers blow the Han River Bridge at approximately 2:15 a.m. trapping the bulk of 3 ROKA divisions fighting on the outskirts, plus ROKA Hq and KMAG personnel still in Seoul. Somewhere between 500 and 800 people - civilian & military- are killed in the explosion. All trapped KMAG were able to escape across the Han River later in the day via still-operating ferries, arriving in Suwon late that afternoon, where KMAG senior personnel briefed Gen. Church.
The South Korean army abandons the capitol city of Seoul. The world reacts to events in Korea and the United States.
North Korean force entered Seoul in the early afternoon and street fighting ensued but by midnight Seoul was in North Korean hands. http://www.korean-war.com/TimeLine/1950/06-25to08-03-50.html