Word: inchon
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Inchon invasion was aimed at Seoul, through which runs the only good railroad and the best highway from North Korea to the Pusan perimeter. If the U.N. force could put its thumb on this windpipe of the North Korean forces, the Reds would soon run out of ammunition and other supplies. The Inchon invasion faced the North Korean command with a perilous choice: either pull divisions out of the Pusan perimeter in an effort to hold Seoul, or stay in the south and continue to fight Walker while Red supplies dwindled away...
...Inchon landing was in the great American tradition developed in World War II. It swept around the sea anchor of the enemy flank and struck at his most vulnerable spot. The combined use of land, sea and air power has become the outstanding U.S. military characteristic...
...salvos on Samchok, important port and rail town. South Korean commandos raided the beach above Pohang. Then South Korean marines struck at Kunsan on the peninsula's west coast. But that, too, was a feint. The enemy did not suspect that the place would be Inchon, the port of Seoul, 150 miles northwest of Taegu. But Inchon it was, in spite of a formidable high tide* and a treacherous, silt-filled channel...
...Massive U.N. air strikes softened Inchon's beaches and all land approaches to the port. As Admiral James H. Doyle's task force approached, six destroyers gamely plowed ahead, drew and silenced the fire of hidden enemy batteries on Wolmi island. Several ships were damaged, one severely. Then the U.S. ist Marine Division hit the beaches...
...enemy's beachhead resistance was negligible. Within the first four days of their assault, the marines stormed Wolmi, swept through Inchon and seized Seoul's Kimpo airfield. Advancing rapidly, they entered the capital's suburbs, prepared to cross the Han River and get astride the communications to the south and the rear of the enemy's army around the Pusan perimeter. This week the enemy rallied; on the edge of their advance the marines came up against stiffer resistance...