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Author: Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786256096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Includes more than 40 maps, plans and illustrations. This volume in the official History of the Marine Corps chronicles the invasion by United States Marines at Inchon in the initial stages of the Korean War. The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations. The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels, and led to the recapture of the South Korea capital Seoul two weeks later. The code name for the operation was Operation Chromite. The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and South Korean forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Incheon was secured after being bombed by UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the invading North Korean People’s Army (NKPA). The subsequent UN recapture of Seoul partially severed NKPA’s supply lines in South Korea. The majority of United Nations ground forces involved were U.S. Marines, commanded by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army. MacArthur was the driving force behind the operation, overcoming the strong misgivings of more cautious generals to a risky assault over extremely unfavorable terrain.

Author: Edward Howard Simmons
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Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Edwin H. Simmons
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Author: U. S. Military
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ISBN: 9781549718441
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Languages : en
Pages : 136

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This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about an important aspect of the Korean War. Some of the subjects included in this history: Major General Field Harris, Colonel Lewis B. Chesty Puller, Major General Oliver P. Smith, 1st Marine Division, General Douglas MacArthur, President Truman, USS Mount McKinley, Wolmi-Do, the drive to Kimpo, amphibious assault, and DUKWs. Here is an excerpt: Just three weeks away and there was still no approval from Washington for the Marines to land at Inchon on 15 September 1950. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, determined to beat down the opposition to the landing, called a conference for late in the day, 23 August, at his headquarters in the Dai Ichi building in Tokyo. As Commander in Chief, Far East (CinCFE), MacArthur considered himself empowered to conduct military operations more-or-less as he saw fit. But for an operation of the magnitude of Inchon and the resources it would require he needed approval from the highest level. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), doubtful of the landing's chances of success, had sent out the Army Chief of Staff, General J. Lawton Collins, and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, to review the situation directly with MacArthur. Now he would have to overcome their skeptical resistance. Collins was the JCS executive agent for the Far East Command and nominally higher in the chain-of-command than MacArthur-but only nominally. In World War I MacArthur was already a brigadier general when Collins was barely a captain. Now MacArthur had five stars and Collins four. On this afternoon, First Lieutenant Alexander M. Haig's task was to lay out the pads of paper, pencils, and water glasses on the table of the sixth floor conference room. This done, he took his post seated in a straight-backed chair just outside the door. Haig, then the junior aide-de-camp to MacArthur's chief of staff, was destined to become, many years later, the Secretary of State. The Marine Corps would have no voice at the meeting. The Corps had neither membership nor representation on the JCS. Admiral Sherman, not a strong champion of Marine Corps interests, was the service chief most directly concerned with the amphibious phase of the still tentative operation.

Author: Edwin H. Simmons
Publisher: Marine Corps
ISBN: 9780160504525
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Marines in the Korean War Commemorative Series. Chronicles the invasion by United States Marines at Inchon in the initial stages of the KoreanWar.

Author: Edwin Howard Simmons
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ISBN: 9780756712693
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Languages : en
Pages : 68

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This history, one in a series devoted to U.S. Marines in the Korean War era, is published for the education and training of Marines by the History and Museums Div., Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. It describes in detail the Marine landing at Inchon, Korea, in 1950, including Gen. Douglas MacArthur's efforts to gain approval for the landing, and the deployment of the Marine units that took part. It also includes profiles of Major Gen. Oliver P. Smith, Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, Major Gen. Field Harris, Col. Homer L. Litzenberg, Jr., Private First Class Walter C. Monegan, Jr., and Second Lt. Henry A. Commiskey. Illustrated with numerous black-&-white photographs, drawings, and maps.

Author: Charles Richard Smith
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160872518
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 744

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Contains the anthology of publications formerly compiled by the History and Museums Division during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953. Focus of the articles is to remember those Marines who fought and died in the "forgotten war."

Author: Joseph H. Alexander
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Bg Edwin H. Simmons
Publisher: St. John's Press
ISBN: 9781946411556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70

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Just three weeks away and there was still no approval from Washington for the Marines to land at Inchon on 15 September 1950. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, determined to beat down the opposition to the landing, called a conference for late in the day, 23 August, at his headquarters in the Dai Ichi building in Tokyo. The Marine Corps would have no voice at the meeting. The Corps had neither membership nor representation on the JCS. Admiral Sherman, not a strong champion of Marine Corps interests, was the service chief most directly concerned with the amphibious phase of the still tentative operation.