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Coordinates: 35°58′58″N 128°24′10″E

Waegwan
Waegwan is the seat of government for Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang province, South
Waegwan
Korea. It consists primarily of the administrative district of Waegwan-eup. It is situated on both
sides of the Nakdong River, which is traversed by railroad, automobile and pedestrian bridges.

Waegwan is home to a Benedictine monastery[1] and the United States Army base at Camp
Carroll. It lies on the Gyeongbu Line of the Korean National Railroad, and is also connected to
Daegu and other major cities via the Gyeongbu Expressway.

Contents
View of Waegwan from the
History Gyeongbu Line railroad.
Korean War
Korean name
Notable landmarks
Hangul 왜관
See also
Hanja 倭館
Notes
Revised Romanization Waegwan
External links
McCune–Reischauer Waegwan

The Gyeongbu Expressway is the

History second oldest and most heavily travelled
expressway in South Korea, connecting
Waegwan's name literally means "Japanese dwelling," and may indicate that the town was a common
Seoul stopping-point
to Suwon, for Japanese
Daejeon, Gumi, Daegu,
salt traders during the Joseon Dynasty. and Busan. It has the route number 1,
signifying its role as South Korea's most
In the summer of 1939, Korean and Japanese students from the Daegu Normal School important
(now the teachers' college
expressway. Theof Kyungpook
entire length
National University) were sent to Waegwan to do forced labor on the Gyeongbu Line railroad tracks. A demonstration, known as the
Waegwan Incident (왜관사건) took place on July 26, in which Korean students protested preferential treatment given to Japanese
students. In consequence, seven of the students were expelled.[2]

Korean War

During the early phase of the Korean War in August and September 1950, the area around Waegwan was the site of intense fighting
as North Korean forces pushed south toward Daegu. Monuments to the UN and South Korean forces now stand on the low
mountain overlooking the northeastern section of the city, which is locally known as "Jagosan" and known in military reports as
Hill 303.

In an attempt to slow the Northern advance, on August 3 American forces blew up the
bridge at Waegwan while hundreds of refugees were crossing. This took place under the
orders of Major General Hobart R. Gay and Lieutenant General Dell Plunkett. They
believed that the refugees were North Korean soldiers in disguise.[3] In the 1990s, the
halves of the bridge were reconnected to serve as a pedestrian crossing between the two
Bridges across the Nakdong River at halves of Waegwan.
Waegwan.
This was not the only atrocity committed in the area. On August 27, 1950, the retreating
North Korean forces who had gained control of the area shot more than forty American
POWs on Hill 303. Of these, five survived.[4]

Notable landmarks
Hill 303 memorial
Waegwan Abbey

See also
List of cities in South Korea

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Notes
1. ^ "Remarkable Germans in the Choson Kingdom" (http://www.seoul.diplo.de/Vertretung/seoul/ko/07/deoksugung__kneider__d,
property=Daten.pdf) (PDF). Seoul: German Embassy in the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
2. ^ "대구사범학생독립운동 (Daegu Sabeom Haksaeng Dongnip Undong) (Independence movement of the Daegu normal
students)" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120204084822/http://www.dalgu.net/55815/w-12.htm). 독립운동관련용어 (Dongnip
Undong Gwallyeon Yong-eo) (Terms related to the independence movement). Archived from the original (http://www.dalgu.net/5
5815/w-12.htm) on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2006-01-14.
3. ^ "1950" (http://www.indianamilitary.org/Timelines/1950.htm). Retrieved 2006-01-14.
4. ^ "Veterans: Other Incidents of Refugees Killed by GIs During Korea Retreat" (https://web.archive.org/web/20051027092149/htt
p://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/investigative-reporting/works/AP7.html). Pulitzer Prize Winners website. Archived from the
original (http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/investigative-reporting/works/AP7.html) on 2005-10-27. Retrieved 2006-01-14.
5. ^ The number of POWs involved is given variously as 42 by "Rediscovering Pvt. Ryan: Two US veterans recall forgotten
massacre during the Korean War" (https://web.archive.org/web/20111230030537/http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/hill3
03.htm). Archived from the original (http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/hill303.htm) on 2011-12-30. Retrieved
2006-01-14. and 45 by "You are about to die a horrible death" (https://web.archive.org/web/20050411071507/http://www.vfw.or
g/magazine/feb03/koreanwaratrocities.htm). VFW Magazine. Archived from the original (http://www.vfw.org/magazine/feb03/kor
eanwaratrocities.htm) on April 11, 2005. Retrieved 2006-01-14.

External links
Waegwan (https://curlie.org/Regional/Asia/South_Korea/Gyeongbuk/Localities/Waegwan) at Curlie

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