Alleged War Victims Seek U.S. Inquiry

People who claim they are survivors of U.S. Air Force attacks on civilian refugees during the Korean War accused Washington of dragging its feet on investigating the alleged attacks. “So many innocent people were killed by U.S. planes, and it’s insincere of the U.S. government not to start an investigation immediately,” said Um Han Won, 65. Um says he lost his mother and five siblings when U.S. planes bombed a cave filled with refugees in January 1951. Korean witnesses say 300 people died. Those who escaped were strafed by the planes, they say. Associated Press reported this week that, during the war, U.S. pilots sometimes attacked civilian groups suspected of harboring infiltrators.