To: AZamericonnie; All
This Day in U.S. Military History September 15
1950 - This was D-Day for the Inchon landing by Joint Task Force 7.
This 230-ship task force, commanded by Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, was the largest naval armada since World War II. Major General Oliver P. Smith commanded the 1st Marine Division that made the initial amphibious assault at Inchon as part of X Corps, commanded by Major General Edward M. Almond with the Army's 7th Infantry Division in reserve. The 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marine Regiment seized Wolmi Island in Inchon Harbor in the early morning as a prelude to the main landing in the late afternoon. Meanwhile, the battleship USS Missouri bombarded the East Coast of Korea as a diversion to the landing.
96 posted on
09/14/2007 6:42:37 PM PDT by
gpapa
To: gpapa
Thank you for today’s Military history gpapa & hope you have a lovely weekend!
To: gpapa
Thanks, gpapa, for This Day in US Military History![](http://tinyurl.com/228tsp)
331 posted on
09/14/2007 8:41:14 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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