In December 1950, the UN was evacuating the port of Hungnam in North Korea. Chinese armies were closing in. Tens of thousands of terrified North Korean civilians crowded the docks, begging to get out. One of the last ships there was the SS Meredith Victory, a merchant cargo ship. It was built to carry only 12 passengers. Its captain, Leonard LaRue, looked at the crowd and made a decision. He ordered his crew to throw out cargo and load people. They packed refugees into every space on the ship: cargo holds, decks, anywhere a person could fit. When they were done, there were about 14,000 people on board. There wasn't enough food, water, toilets, heat, or medicine. The ship sailed through waters that might have been mined, with no escort. It took three days to reach safety in South Korea. They arrived on Christmas Day. Not one person died on the voyage. Five babies were born on the way. The crew nicknamed them Kimchi 1 through 5. It went into the record books as the largest rescue from land by a single ship. Among the refugees was a couple whose son would grow up to become the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. And Captain LaRue? A few years later, he left the sea and became a Benedictine monk.

#Champi #Typhoon #Hurricane #ClimateChange 🌀🌀🇹🇼🇵🇭🇨🇳🌏: Super Typhoon Champi (aka #Rosal) is a Category 5 180-mph hurricane that has already hit Guam. 📹 @Ventuskycom's Oct. 18 model has it going straight over Taiwan and then presumably on to Communist China. 🙏🙏

Tuesday Tank: Back to this year's #Tankfest at the @TankMuseum and the big reveal of Challenger 3. Here it is heading around the arena in convoy with a British Army Challenger 2 and the museum's Challenger 1. @Burntime0101 @milmodelscene @USAS_WW1 @agbdrilling #TankTuesday