Inchon, South Korea, took on a movie-set quality as U.S. Marines and their South Korean and U.N. counterparts re-enacted the massive amphibious landing 60 years ago that ultimately turned the tide ...

The Inchon landing was Gen. Douglas MacArthur's last triumph --and the first phase of Operation Chromite, his bold plan to relieve the siege of Pusan by severing North Korean supply lines ...

LSI (Landing Ship—Tank) has bow doors and beaching ramp, elevators to lift tanks or other cargo from the hold to the main level. Length: 328 feet (World War II models) or 382 feet (postwar ...

On Sept.15, 1950, history’s last large-scale amphibious landing occurred at Inchon, South Korea during the Korean War. Skillfully conducted 150 miles behind enemy lines, it outflanked North ...

This 15 September 1950 photo shows US military vehicles and equipment being unloaded from LST’s (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach during the invasion of Inchon, Korea.

On this date in history, Sept. 15, 1950, U.S, Marines landed at Inchon on Korea's west coast, just months after the Korean War began; it was a brilliant coordination of forces by air, land and sea.

Thus the proposition facing U.S. planners was simple: capture Wolmi fast, or the Inchon landing would fail. “I Was So Happy.” One battalion of marines had been assigned to capture Wolmi.

On September 15, 1950, after only a month of planning, a team of United States and South Korean forces landed at the port of Inchon, only 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and just 25 miles ...

The Inchon landing was aimed at opening a new front to cut off invading North Koreans from their supplies and ensure their destruction. Ex-US marine William Cheek said: 'It was a risky business.

On September 15, the first landing craft arrived at Wolmido. With support from 10 tanks, the Marines were able to quickly take the island with only 17 wounded.