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unusual facts about Korean People's Navy


Sariwon-class corvette

There are currently five active ships of this type in the Korean People's Navy.


Battle of Binh Gia

They also expanded the Hát Dịch base area, which was located in Bà Rịa and Bình Thuận provinces, to protect the important sea transportation routes used by the Vietnam People's Navy to supply Viet Cong units around the regions of the Mekong River.

Canaan Christian Community Church in Gambia

He organised a congregation in Brikama, but later more Korean missionaries arrived and anoteher church was established in Somita.

Carl Ballantine

Ballantine was cast in several movies, including Disney's The North Avenue Irregulars, Billy Crystal’s directorial debut, Mr. Saturday Night and in numerous television series, including the ABC sitcom McHale's Navy (1962–1966), in which he played Lester Gruber, one of the PT boat sailors, starring with Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn and Tim Conway.

Clay Tanner

He began his career with roles in various TV productions such as Bonanza, The Fugitive, Get Smart, Perry Mason, McHale's Navy, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and Stoney Burke.

Corina Knoll

In 2003, she was the recipient of the 2003 New California Media Award for her story about Korean golfers on the LPGA tour which appeared in the December 2002 issue of KoreAm Journal.

Dandong Langtou Airport

Antung Airfield was a major base for People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and Korean People's Air Force (KPAF) fighters during the Korean War used in the defense of the supply lines across the Yalu River to the North Korean city of Sinuiju and for engaging attacking USAF aircraft in the area that became known as MiG Alley.

Eugene M. Landrum

He is known primarily for defeating the Japanese in the Aleutian Islands Campaign at the start of World War II, being relieved as commander of the 90th Infantry Division shortly after the D-Day landings, and organizing the Pusan Perimeter to blunt the North Korean offensive during the Korean War.

Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea

During the Korean War, the Battle of Inchon turned the tide against the Korean People's Army (NKPA) for the Americans who were fighting under the United Nations Command.

Hamhung

In 1995, Hamhŭng witnessed, thus far, one of the only documented challenges to the North Korean government when famine-ravaged soldiers began a march toward Pyongyang.

Hollingsworth Morse

He directed episodes of a wide variety of U.S. television series from the 1950s through the 1980s, including McHale's Navy, Adam-12, The Dukes of Hazzard, H.R. Pufnstuf, and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger.

Hyon Yong-chol

Hyon was promoted to the rank of Vice Marshal (차수) of the KPA in July 2012, two days after Chief of the General Staff Ri Yong-ho was relieved of his duties.

Paik

Formed in 1997, the band is erroneously thought to be named after veteran Korean artist Nam June Paik, but is actually named after an old-fashioned term for a swift punch to the gut.

Sidney Lanfield

In the early 1950s the reputedly strict taskmaster-director moved to television where his vaudeville and comic background in films were put to use in television comedies including Where's Raymond?, McHale's Navy and The Addams Family.

South Manchuria Railway Zone

In addition, Japan also maintained Consular Police attached to the Japanese consulates and branch consulates in major cities as Harbin, Tsitsihar, and Manchouli, as well as in the Chientao District, in which lived large numbers of ethnic Koreans.

Taejon Airfield

By 19 July the KPA were attacking the outskirts of Taejon including the airfield, the attack was supported by air strikes by 6 Korean People's Air Force (KPAF) Yak-9 fighters and heavy artillery fire.

Temple of King Dongmyeong

The Temple of King Dongmyeong (Hangul: 동명왕 신사, Hanja: 東明王 神祠), also known as the Temple of Jumong (Hangul: 주몽사, Hanja: 朱蒙祠), was a shamanistic temple dedicated to King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, the founder of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.

Thomas W. Moore

While he was network president, the network added, among other shows, McHale's Navy, Peyton Place, The Addams Family and Batman.

Tim Conway's Funny America

Despite his success as a member of the cast of the situation comedy McHale's Navy from 1962 to 1966 and in two 1964 theatrical films spun off from the series, McHale's Navy and McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force, as well as his popularity during several years as a regular on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, Tim Conway had found no success in starring in a television show of his own.

Washing Machine Charlie

In the Episode "Washing Machine Charlie" Season 1, Episode 22 of McHale's Navy (1963).

Yang Hyong-sop

According to the official biography released by the Korean Central News Agency, he joined the Korean People's Army in June 1950 (approximately when the Korean War started); after graduating from the Kim Il-sung University, he served as section chief and then secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, director of the Central Party School, minister of Higher Education, and president of the Academy of Social Sciences.


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