A hostel is a building that is used to provide accommodation facilities to visitors. Hostels contain many rooms that contain several beds to provide sleeping facilities to several people. Generally hostels have common bathrooms in a floor, and some hostels also have kitchen facilities to provide food to the inmates.
The U.N, demanded North Korea's immediate withdrawal and, when this was not met, United States Army General Douglas MacArthur was appointed supreme commander of U.N. forces. To halt the rapid progress of North Korean forces into the south Task Force Smith was deployed to the Korean front from Japan.
Upon hearing of the North Korean attack, President Harry S. Truman directed General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States occupation forces in Japan, to insure the safe evacuation of United States civilians and to supply weapons and ammunition to South Korea.