A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, South Korea, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999.
After the outbreak of the war, the U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians.
Some 400 refugees, many of whom women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report.
A series of petitions have been made by Koreans calling for a U.S. probe into the massacre.
A statue to commemorate the No Gun Ri massacre is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A memorial tower to commemorate the No Gun Ri massacre is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
Bullet holes left during the No Gun Ri massacre are seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A railway bridge where the No Gun Ri massacre took place is pockmarked with bullet holes highlighted by white lines in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A train runs on a railway bridge with white lines marking the bullet holes left during the No Gun Ri massacre in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A copperplate etching showing people demanding an apology and compensation from the United States is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)
A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)■
