Today in Labor History February 9, 1951: The 2-day long Geochang massacre began when the 11th Division of the South Korean Army killed 719 unarmed citizens. 385 of the victims were children. Many others were senior citizens. Two days earlier, the same division committed the Hamyang massacre, killing 705 unarmed civilians.

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