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- The Inch’ŏn LandingEarly histories of the Korean War characterize the Inch’ŏn landing as a strategic masterstroke, asserting that it ended the Communist threat to overrun the Pusan Perimeter (Spanier 1959, Leckie 1962, Fehrenbach 1963). As Rutherford M. Poats succinctly states, it “turned near defeat into brilliant victory and assured [MacArthur] a permanent rank of greatness” (Poats 1954: 56). Later writers would fault his decision to appoint U.S. Army Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond, his chief of staff, to command X Corps because the main element in this attack force would be the U.S. 1st Marine Division. In his study of X Corps, Shelby L. Stanton (1989) stresses the personal dislike between Almond, who he admires, and Major General Oliver P. Smith, the U.S. Marine commander. Nevertheless, most historians continued to venerate the clairvoyant MacArthur for his achievement of a military miracle (Middleton 1965, O'Ballance 1969). But in the 1980s, writers began to question the assumption that Inch'on was a great gamble. The North Koreans, they would argue, already were beaten...
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The Secrets of Inchon
"The Secrets of Inchon is a story of heroism and courage, only now come to light after fifty years: the true account of Navy Commander (then Lieutenant) Eugene Franklin Clark - a man, according to his colleagues, with "the nerves of a burglar and the flair of a Barbary Coast pirate" - and the daring covert mission that helped change the course of the Korean War." "In the year 2000, historian Thomas Fleming published an article about a crucial but little-known mission of the Korean War, led by a thirty-nine-year-old Navy lieutenant named Eugene Clark. After it appeared, Clark's widow told Fleming that her husband had written up his own account, which was now in a safe-deposit box. Would he like to read it? Fleming would - and when he did, he discovered an extraordinary document: a vividly written first-person chronicle, filled with color, detail, and event, as honest and revealing a wartime narrative as he'd read in many years."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Inchon Landing
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) -- Inchʻŏn
Victory at high tide; the Inchon-Seoul campaign
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) -- Inchʻŏn
This Day In History: September 15, 1950 – US Forces Land at Inchon during the Korean War
Invasion of Inchon
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Having secured Wolmi-do Island, Marines from waiting ships head ashore at Inchon, Air attacks on Inchon isolate Marine landing points. All key points in Inchon City are in Marine hands. The capital still lies 25 miles away. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
Inchon Aftermath
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowWhen UN troops enter the battered city of Inchon, the people hail them for rescuing them from communist brutality. The landed forces link up to take Kimpo Airport and then cross the Han River to take back Seoul.