Word: tokchok
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the week the South Koreans also made three amphibious landings. Two were on the islands of Tokchok and Yonghung, off the western coast, 35 and 17 miles respectively southwest of Inchon, Seoul's port. Presumably the purpose was to establish bases for U.S. air attacks on the enemy's coastwise shipping, and for a possible future seaborne attack on the mainland. On the southern coast, the South Koreans captured the town of Tong-yong, 25 miles southwest of Masan, across a narrow strait from Koje Island...
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