U.S. officers fear North Korean infiltrators among South Korean refugees.3. Koreans ordered out of Im Ke Ri by American soldiers and sent on road toward Hwanggan.4. U.S. warplanes then strafe refugees. Koreans say 100 died. Refugees take cover in nearby culvert and are fired on by troops of 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry.
Rifle companies cease fire.
Hundreds of refugees are led by troops into underpasses of concrete railroad bridge.5. That night or early next morning, soldiers open fire on refugees from nearby machine-gun positions. Some veterans say they recall gunshots out from underpasses. Others do not recall hostile fire. Koreans say 300 were left dead at the bridge.