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Month of June Gun Strikes

Gun strikes against Mayang-do, Tanchon, Chongjin, Chodo-Sokto and ports of Hungnam and Wonsan.

Replenishment

Underway for Sasebo and replenishment.

Support X Corps

Again on bomb line in support of X Corps, followed by gun strikes on islands in Wonsan harbor.

Bombardment of Songjin

Bombardment of Songjin, closing railroad tunnels and seriously damaging area bridges.

Bombardment at Chongjin

In action against North Korean industrial and rail transportation center at Chongjin. Not since the USS MISSOURI bombarded Chongjin in November 1950, had a battleship operated that far north, just forty-eight miles from the Russian border. The USS IOWA effectively...

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