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The FReeper Foxhole - Remembers The Inchon Landing - Dec. 8th, 2002
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| B. L. Kortegaard
Posted on 12/08/2002 6:26:18 AM PST by SAMWolf
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![](http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/MCRCweb/Images/archives/korea/inchon.jpg)
Marines use scaling ladders to storm ashore at Inchon in amphibious invasion
At the operational level, the amphibious turning movement at Inchon had the effect that MacArthur had foreseen. Coalition forces in the Pusan perimeter at first faced undiminished resistance as they attempted to break out of their encirclement, but NKPA resistance progressively weakened in the days after the invasion. Finally, 10 days after the Inchon assault, the NKPA's initial retreat turned into a general collapse.
Overall, U.S. forces prevailed at Inchon despite several serious threats, both from North Korean forces and the environment. The presence of modern sea mines and well-placed minefields, or uncooperative weather could have stymied the entire operation. Nevertheless, Marine Corps and Navy planners pressed forward, building and employing an effective force in a minimal amount of time. Only extensive training; common, well-understood amphibious doctrine; and prior experience with amphibious warfare allowed them to do so.
By any standard, Inchon represented a remarkable effort by U.S. naval forces facing enormous odds. As General MacArthur signaled Admiral Struble from his flagship on 15 September, as Marines streamed ashore on Wolmi-do, "The Navy and Marines have never shone more brightly than this morning."
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![](http://www.ussdehaven.org/images/inchon_paint_large.jpg)
"Inchon" prismacolor, by combat artist Herbert C. Hahn. This drawing depicts landing craft headed for Red Beach during the evening assault, as Inchon burns in the background. Destroyers firing in support of the landing, as well as LSTs, stand offshore. To the right is Wolmi Do and the causeway leading to Inchon.
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12/08/2002 6:29:01 AM PST
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To: SAMWolf
Bump for a great read! Flown in to the new airport several times and wondered about the invasion there each time.
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12/08/2002 6:41:07 AM PST
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12/08/2002 6:43:04 AM PST
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12/08/2002 6:44:39 AM PST
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12/08/2002 6:47:05 AM PST
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12/08/2002 6:49:41 AM PST
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veronica
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We were discussing MacArthur the other day. His positives: 1) the magnificent Inchon landing; 2) the fact that in WW2 he took more land in Asia with only 10 percent of the resources and 10 percent of the casualties of his Army counterparts in Europe; and 3) he was just the right man to bring Japan back into civilized society after WW2 and did a bangup job at GHQ. Negatives: 1) too much of a showboat; 2) you NEVER diss the CIC the way he did, whatever his policies; and, 3) serious misjudgment of the Chinese intentions and capabilities on the Yalu.
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12/08/2002 6:51:31 AM PST
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laconic
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![](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k12000/k12603.jpg)
USS Missouri (BB-63)
Fires a salvo of 16-inch shells from turret # 2 while bombarding Chongjin, North Korea, in an effort to cut enemy communications, October 1950. Chongjin is only 39 miles from North Korea's northern border.
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12/08/2002 6:51:42 AM PST
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facedown
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Great picture! I was able to tour the Missouri right before she made her last trip to Pearl Harbor.
She's awe inspiring.
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12/08/2002 6:55:27 AM PST
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SAMWolf
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12/08/2002 7:09:56 AM PST
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12/08/2002 7:10:46 AM PST
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M Kehoe
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Awesome pics. I got to visit Inchon in 1975, back when most South Koreans still revered MacArthur. The statue memorializing him was impressive.
To: laconic
He was defiantely a show boater but he did get the job done, and his discounting of a Chinese intervention in Korea was a big time mistake that ended up costing a lot of lives.
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12/08/2002 7:12:15 AM PST
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SAMWolf
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I work with a lot of younger Philippinos and they know more about Macarthur than our young people do.
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