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    The Inchon Landing in September 1950 was a surprise attack by UN forces at Inchon, South Korea. Through deception and intelligence gathering, the US was able to overwhelm the North Korean defenders. Several beaches were taken with light resistance. This allowed UN forces to capture the city of Inchon and begin advancing toward Seoul. However, the battle to take Seoul was slow and bloody as North Korean forces resisted heavily in the capital.

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    The Inchon Landing in September 1950 was a surprise attack by UN forces at Inchon, South Korea. Through deception and intelligence gathering, the US was able to overwhelm the North Korean defenders. Several beaches were taken with light resistance. This allowed UN forces to capture the city of Inchon and begin advancing toward Seoul. However, the battle to take Seoul was slow and bloody as North Korean forces resisted heavily in the capital.

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    Inchon Landing

    September 15-19, 1950


    Incheon, South Korea

    CPL Pinto & LCPL Munch


    Preparation

    • CIA placed spies in Inchon two weeks before attack


    • Provided intel on fortifications, artillery pieces, and tidal
    patterns
    • UN forces conducted deception operations to focus enemy
    attention on Kusan
    • USA began bombing Wolmido five days before landing
    Green Beach

    • At 0630 on September 15 3/5 landed on Wolmido island


    • North Korean did not expect landing to take place at Wolmido
    so they were outnumbered 6:1 by UN forces
    • The island was captured by noon with 14 casualties from US
    Red Beach

    • Late afternoon on September 15 1/5, 2/5, and 3rd Battalion


    ROK Marines
    • Mission was to seize are three thousand yards long and one
    thousand yards deep
    • Despite coming under heavy mortar and machine gun fire, they
    cleared the beach by early September 16
    • This allowed 3/5 to enter Inchon and take the city by the
    afternoon
    Blue Beach

    • Much farther south than other two beaches


    • 1/1 and 2/1’s mission was to take the beach and the road to
    Seoul
    • North Korea sank one tank landing ship, but USA faced little
    opposition after bombing runs
    • After taking beachhead they prepped for the inland invasion
    Kimpo Airfield

    • On September 17 2/5 began their attempt to capture the


    airfield
    • Many North Korean troops fled towards Seoul before the fight
    started
    • By the morning of September 18 the airfield was under US
    control
    • By September 22 they unloaded 6,629 vehicles, 53,882 troops,
    and 25,512 tons of supplies
    The Battle of Seoul

    • In contrast to the quick victory at Incheon, the advance on


    Seoul was slow and bloody.
    • The NKPA launched another T-34 attack, which was trapped
    and destroyed, and a Yak bombing run in Incheon harbor,
    which did little damage.
    • The NKPA attempted to stall the UN offensive to allow time to
    reinforce Seoul and withdraw troops from the south. Though
    warned that the process of taking Seoul would allow remaining
    NKPA forces in the south to escape, MacArthur felt that he was
    bound to honor promises given to the South Korean
    government to retake the capital as soon as possible.
    The Second Day

    • Vessels carrying the U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division arrived in


    Incheon Harbor. General Almond was eager to get the division
    into position to block a possible enemy movement from the
    south of Seoul.
    • On the morning of September 18, the division's 2nd Battalion
    of the 32nd Infantry Regiment landed at Incheon and the
    remainder of the regiment went ashore later in the day.
    • The next morning, the 2nd Battalion moved up to relieve a U.S.
    Marine battalion occupying positions on the right flank south of
    Seoul.
    • Meanwhile, the 7th Division's 31st Regiment came ashore at
    Incheon. Responsibility for the zone south of Seoul highway
    passed to 7th Division at 18:00 on September 19.
    • The 7th Infantry Division then engaged in heavy fighting with
    North Korean soldiers on the outskirts of Seoul.
    Before the Battle

    • North Korea had just one understrength division in the city,


    with the majority of its forces south of the capital.
    • MacArthur personally oversaw the 1st Marine Regiment as it
    fought through North Korean positions on the road to Seoul.
    Control of Operation Chromite was then given to Major
    General Edward Almond, the X Corps commander.
    • General Almond was in an enormous hurry to capture Seoul by
    September 25, exactly three months after the North Korean
    assault across the 38th parallel.
    • On September 22, the Marines entered Seoul to find it
    fortified. Casualties mounted as the forces engaged in house to
    house fighting.
    • On September 26, the Hotel Bando (which had served as the
    US Embassy) was cleared by Easy Company of 2nd Battalion,
    1st Marine Regiment. During this fight about 12 North Korean
    P.O.W.s were killed (apparently while naked and unarmed) in
    the building's basement.
    • General Almond declared the city liberated on September 25
    even though Marines were still engaged in house-to-house
    combat.

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