Chongchon

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in North Korea.

    "In the fierce fighting, B Company, which was under strength, was reduced to 34 soldiers. Among the survivors holding a hilltop adjacent to the Chongchon River was a defiant black, an enlisted man, who wielded a Browning automatic rifle and was destined that night to earn a Silver Star."

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ching-chongqingchuanseisen

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"In the fierce fighting, B Company, which was under strength, was reduced to 34 soldiers. Among the survivors holding a hilltop adjacent to the Chongchon River was a defiant black, an enlisted man, who wielded a Browning automatic rifle and was destined that night to earn a Silver Star."

Etymology

From Korean 청천강(清川江) (Cheongcheon'gang).

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