US Paratroopers dropped behind North Koreans Fully equipped for combat, paratroopers pile out of C-119 Flying Boxcars of the US Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command over the areas of Sunchon , about 23 miles north-east of Pyongyang , the North Korean Capital . Paratroopers were dropped on an arc between the North Korean cities of Sukchon and Sunchon. 30th October 1950