Word: inchon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lumbering Pershing tanks were rumbling over the causeway, and Taplett's battalion began to march slowly into Inchon...
...amphibious operations in Korea depended heavily on the highly specialized landing craft, which the U.S. developed during World War II. Among those used at Inchon...
...With the Inchon assault wave was TIME Correspondent James Bell.* His report...
...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...
...boat teams prepared to go over the side. I joined Captain Jaskilka's people. We stood there waiting for our wave to load into the landing craft. Ours was the third. The first wave was to hit the 9½ ft. sea wall at Inchon at 5:30 p.m. The second wave would be three minutes later. The third wave was to land at 5:40. These first three waves on Red Beach, a tiny plot of ground 300 yards wide, were made up of Sam Jaskilka's company...