At that time. this vessel. which had accommodations for only 12 passengers. took aboard 14.000 Koreans who were fleeing from the Communist invaders who were some 3.000 yards away and were being kept at bay by the guns of the battleship Missouri. The ship had. as I have said. accommodations for only 12 passengers. But Captain La Rue loaded it to the gunwhales with the Korean refugees and then ordered his vesselthe last to leave the Hungnam Harborto sail for Pusan. Three days later. after sailing through 30 miles of minefields. she arrived without the loss of one lifebut. in fact. with more passengers than she had when she left. for nine babies were delivered and were safely disembarked. with the rest of the passengers. on Christmas Eve. In 1955 Captain La Rue was honored by the South Korean Government.
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