On August 28, 1950, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) gave MacArthur approval to make an amphibious landing at
Inchon, scheduled for September 15.
The success of the
Inchon landing of September 15, 1950, had long-term consequences for U.S.
Give Me Tomorrow briefly introduces the Korean War, George Company's origins, and the movement to
Inchon in three short chapters.
In a key speech, the mayor of
Inchon welcomed the participation of the Saudi mission, wishing them success.
1982's
Inchon, for example, was "the most phenomenal money-loser of all time."
Pangilinan wants Gilas Pilipinas to achieve in the Asian Games in September in
Inchon, South Korea.
Korea is sometimes called "The Forgotten War." The basic sequence of events was the initial onslaught of the North Koreans across the demarcation line; the ensuing assault landing at
Inchon; rapid movement of UN forces to the north of Korea; mass attacks by Chinese forces south across the Yalu River; two years of seesaw battles; and the final ceasefire agreement at the 38th parallel--where we sit today, some sixty years later.
So many people in the US don't know anything about the Korean Conflict, much less about places like
Inchon, Wonsan, Hungnam and Chosin.
Douglas McArthur ordered X Corps in Japan to conduct an amphibious landing at
Inchon on Sept.
His previous duty stations include Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Acquisition and Logistics Management, Washington, D.C.; Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, Va.; USS John F Kennedy (CV 67); Naval Regional Contracting Center, Naples, Italy; USS Stout (DDG 55); Naval Inventory Control Point, Washington, D.C.; USS
Inchon (LPH 12); and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Arlington, Va.
As an aside, my late friend SGM Jack Walentine was in the
Inchon invasion and told me that the first North Korean he dispatched in that fracas had a home-made holster with an FP 45 as his sidearm.
1950: UN stages daring assault on
Inchon The United Nations has landed up to 50,000 troops behind enemy lines at
Inchon, on the west coast of Korea.
Emirates SkyCargo said its Boeing 777-F, capable of carrying some 100 tons of freight, will depart from the city in the United Arab Emirates on Thursdays and fly to Kansai airport in Osaka on Fridays before arriving at
Inchon. The return flight will also depart from
Inchon on Fridays.
Notwithstanding Omar Bradley's 1949 declaration that atomic weapons had rendered the large-scale amphibious assault anachronistic, events of the ensuing decades--famously,
Inchon, less than a year later--suggest that the practical utility of the amphibious operation neither has dimmed nor is likely to do so in the foreseeable future.
