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Baegopun Dari - Hunger Bridge - Hongrim Bridge
The 'Baegopun Dari' (hunger bridge, currently Hongrim Bridge) area is the site where Citizen's Army had a good regional defense after they defeated the paratroopers downtown on May 21st. In preparation for the re-invasion of the paratroopers, who retreated through the mountains behind Chosun University, the militia, and other youths formed the Citizen's Army at sundown and formed a seamless defense perimeter centered around the bridge. At the peak of the Uprising on May 21st, the Citizen's Army successfully organized a defensive perimeter in the Hungry Bridge area (now the Hong-rim Bridge) after defeating the Martial Law Forces (MLF) downtown. Around sunset that day, people in the National Defense Reserve and local youths organized the Citizen's Army. After the MLF retreated into the mountains behind Chosun University, the Citizen's Army formed a watertight defense around the bridge in an effort to block the MLF's reentry into the downtown area. Around midnight May 22nd, the MLF was trying to advance through a nearby village but Citizen's Army exchanged fire with them for over 30 minutes, before once again pushing them back in defeat. Residents of the area showed their support for the Citizen's Army by offering them rice, drinks and cigarettes.
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