Word: assaulters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...around us lay the invasion fleet. It felt good to see the APAs and LSTs and other craft spread far across the sea. Ashore, our third battalion was already assaulting Wolmi Island (see above). Rumors flew about that the Wolmi assault was a bloody one. That made us all quite nervous. Then we heard that the assault was easy, and casualties light. That made us feel better about going after Inchon that afternoon...
Down in the troop compartment housing Sam Jaskilka's Easy Company, the gunnery sergeant, big, bearded Bob Barnett, 29, was sounding off with final instructions: "You people are the leading company for the main assault of this operation...
Toward Red Beach. The dirty yellow waters of Inchon harbor bore a tremendous array of boats. As far as the eye could see there were LSVPs in groups of five making endless circles before the great grey assault ships. Ahead were the cruisers, destroyers and rocket ships. Overhead, Navy and Marine planes streaked for targets ashore. The big guns boomed like tremendous bass drums. The smaller 40-mm. guns hammered away with the incessant roll of snare drums...
...each LSVP were two long ladders, one of aluminum and the other of wood. Each had long hooks at the top. These were the assault ladders to be thrown against the sea wall. As we ran for it, the ladders were up in the bows, making the LSVPs look like huge water bugs with antennae outstretched...
...Marine Division, described the dawn of his first battle in World War II. His naval escort consisted of six little PT boats mounting nothing stronger than 20-mm. guns. Smith improvised his own artillery preparation by firing the guns of his tanks while they were still offshore in the assault craft. Since air support from Army planes failed to arrive, Smith's air support consisted of one Piper cub which dropped eight hand grenades behind the enemy beach. In spite of these crudities, the Willaumez operation was successful; Smith got a Bronze Star, the first of his three World...