The Chaplain–Medic massacre was a war crime that took place in the Korean War on July 16, 1950, on a mountain above the village of Tunam, South Korea. Operating at the Kum River during the Battle of Taejon, troops of the US Army's 19th Infantry Regiment were cut off from resupply by a roadblock established by North Korean troops of the NK 3rd Division. The roadblock proved difficult to break, and forced US troops to move through nearby mountains to evacuate their wounded. Thirty unarmed and critically wounded US troops were stranded at the top of a mountain along with a chaplain (Herman G. Felhoelter, pictured) and a medic. They were discovered by a North Korean patrol. Though the medic was able to escape, the North Koreans executed Felhoelter as he prayed over the wounded, then killed the rest of them. The massacre was one of several incidents that led US commanders to establish a commission in July to look into war crimes during the war. The same month, the North Korean commanders, concerned about the way their soldiers were treating prisoners of war, laid out stricter guidelines for handling enemy captives.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1782:
Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail made its premiere, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally made the comment that it had "too many notes". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Entf%C3%BChrung_aus_dem_Serail
1862:
David Farragut became the first person to be promoted to the rank of rear admiral in the United States Navy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut
1981:
Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia's fourth prime minister, a post which he held for 22 years, making him the country's longest-serving one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_Mohamad
1994:
Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began hitting the planet Jupiter, with the first one causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about 24,000 K. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9
2004:
Chicago's Millennium Park (pictured), currently the world's largest rooftop garden, opened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Park
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
quisling: (pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quisling
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
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