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• US Army¡¯s evacuation order
• Taking the residents to Haga-ri
• Attack on refugees
• Gathered in Ssangul

Evacuation order by the US army

In the early days of the Korean War, the then Korean government and the military authority did not expect an all-out war and, not surprisingly, failed to prepare any refugee evacuation policies.

The government abruptly decided to move the capital on June 27th, since Seoul was expected to fall to the North Korean army and most public servants hurried themselves to go southward. The next day, as expected, Seoul was occupied by the enemy and in a massive chaos. Without any government¡¯s evacuation policy, many South Koreans had to go south during the Korean War. But the Korean refugees became just a huge obstacle for the US army to conduct military operations. The refuges were considered by the US military as two major operational hindrances. First, as the refugees walked along the narrow national roads, troop redeployment and transportation operations could be largely disturbed.

Second, North Korean espionages or guerrillas could hide in the line of South Korean refugees to trample down enemy or harass the rear.