After overcoming 30-foot tides in Inchon Harbor, their amphibious landing vessel Amtrak got stalled in the sand, forcing Cheek to dash about 100 yards across the beach, dodging North Korean tank ...

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.

Among those used at Inchon:LSD (Landing Ship—Dock ... LSU (Landing Ship — Utility), the former LCT, carries five 30-ton tanks or 150 tons of combat cargo discharged over a bow ramp. ...

Wolmi commands Inchon harbor, and enemy guns from the island could wreck any attempt to land in the port area. Thus the proposition facing U.S. planners was simple: capture Wolmi fast, or the ...

When U.S. Marines landed at Inchon during the Korean War, they had to abandon their amphibious vehicles and cross tidal mud flats on foot. Today, the Navy uses the more versatile Landing Craft Air ...

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.

During the first Gulf War, then-Capt. (now Gen.) H.R. McMaster led a combined arms team of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in the now-famous Battle of 73 Easting in southwest Iraq.