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    to the rugged terrain, only seven percent of Pyoktong's area is cultivated, while 80% is forested. Pyŏktong county is divided into 1 ŭp (town) and 19 ri...
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    Camp 2 – Pyoktong – on the Yalu River. Camp 3 – Changsong – near Camp 1 on the Yalu River. Camp 4 – north of Camp 2 Camp 5 – near Pyoktong. Camp 6 –...
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  • Overall Result Team (Teams were arranged by Camp) 1st Camp 5 (Pyoktong, North Korea) 2nd Camp 1 (Changsong, North Korea) 3rd Camp 4 (Pyoktong, North Korea)...
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    rodongjagu, 20 ri Pihyon County 피현군 枇峴郡 110,637 1 up, 2 rodongjagu, 21 ri Pyoktong County 벽동군 碧潼郡 35,601 1 up, 19 ri Ryongchon County 룡천군 龍川郡 135,634 1 up...
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    county, in northern North Phyŏngan province, North Korea. It is bordered by Pyŏktong to the east, Tongchang and Taegwan to the south, Sakchu to the west; to...
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    grenade with his body Emil Kapaun † Army O-03Captain, US Army Chaplain Corps Pyoktong, North Korea May 23, 1951 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division...
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    Ch'ŏlsan, Ch'ŏnma, Hyangsan, Kujang, Kwaksan, Nyŏngbyŏn, Pakch'ŏn, P'ihyŏn, Pyŏktong, Ryongch'ŏn, Sakchu, Sindo, Sŏnch'ŏn, T'aech'ŏn, Taegwan, Tongch'ang, Tongrim...
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    northeast of the far western North Pyŏngan province, North Korea. It borders Pyŏktong and Chagang's Usi county to the north, Unsan and Songwŏn (in Chagang province)...
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    temporary prison camp at Sombakol, near the permanent camp (Prison Camp 5) at Pyoktong, North Korea, where they were later held. Kapaun was able to persuade some...
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    Joseph Kapaun 20 April 1916 in Pilsen, Kansas, United States 23 May 1951 in Pyŏktong, North Pyongan, North Korea Priest of the Diocese of Wichita Wichita Heroic...
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