Early this morning, Joint Task Force Seven made an important attack on Inchon Harbor. The Joint Task Force Seven consists of 320 plus warships, four of which are aircraft carriers, which carried 70,000 troops of X corps into the harbor (Kortegaard). This landing initiated the amphibious battle to gain control of Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The Inchon Harbor is in the Yellow Sea located in Incheon city in close proximity to Seoul. General has no doubt set up a brilliant plan for this attack on Inchon. The terrain of this area is extremely beneficial towards the North Korean army which makes it almost impossible for the United Nations (UN) forces. On September 13, the USS Mansfield headed into Incheon Harbor and began firing at Wolmi-do Island. These bombardments continued up until yesterday and ceased when the X corps hit Wolmi-do Island.
The 3rd Battalion Marines, 5th regiment Marines, landed on “Green Beach” and began the first amphibious battle since the attack on Okinawa in 1945. Wolmi-do was captured in just a few hours resulting in only seventeen casualties (Evanhoe). Later this afternoon, the 3rd Battalion Marines got ready for the next advance on Incheon city. The 5th regiments Marines arrived at “Red Beach” that evening and infiltrate the seawall. Ammunition was sprayed all over the field but in just a short amount of time, Marines signaled success on a hill with a flare. In the meantime, 1st Marines landed on “Blue Beach” and began making headway to Incheon. Today was successful invasion and I believe under the strong commander General MacArthur, Seoul will under control in no time.
Image Caption: The strategy of the invasion on Inchon Harbor. http://wapedia.mobi/thumb/7ef4502/en/fixed/470/308/Inchon_landing_map.jpg?format=jpg
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