71 Students

71 Students

During the Korean War, 71 teenage students were stationed to protect a South Korean headquarter despite having no experience in war or even firing a gun. The South Korean army didn’t think the North Korean army would attack that headquarter, but they did. Those students, still in their school uniforms, held back the North Korean army for 11 hours.

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