Inchon Landing

First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950, during the Inchon invasion. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear. Photo number NH 96876.

.S. Marines come ashore at Inchon in an amphibious tractor, prepared to plant the American flag at Seoul. The flag was given to them by Col. Lewis B. Puller

Marines march through Inchon towards Seoul

Major General Oliver P. Smith, commanding 1st Marine Division, returns civil government to Mayor of Inchon on behalf of United Nations

USS George Clymer embarking Marines and their gear pier side in Kobe, Japan on 8 September 1950.

“Marine riflemen in background stand by while their 3.5 bazooka man puts a round into a Communist position down the hill. This action took place in mopping-up operations in Korea.” From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections. OFFICIAL USMC PHOTO

Troops of the 31st Inf. Regt. land at Inchon Harbor, Korea, aboard LST's. September 18, 1950. Hunkins. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-363216 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1383

"Korea. Republic of Korea soldiers shown guarding North Korean Communists captured during the UN landings at Inchon, before they were moved to a rear aera prisoner-of-war camp. source: Defense 348490." NARA / Courtesy of the National Institute of Korea History. Uploader's note: the marking on a soldier's helmet indicates that they are ROK Marines.

Four LSTs unload men and equipment while high and dry at low tide on Inchon's Red Beach, 16 September 1950, the day after the initial landings there. USS LST-715 is on the right end of this group, which also includes LST-611, LST-845 and one other. Another LST is beached on the tidal mud flats at the extreme right. Note bombardment damage to the building in center foreground, many trucks at work, Wolmi-Do island in the left background and the causeway connecting the island to Inchon. Ship in the far distance, just beyond the right end of Wolmi-Do, is USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

80-G-420224: Korean War, 1950-53. Wounded men cared for by U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen serving with U.S. Marines in Korea. Shown: Corpsmen cut clothing off Gerald E. Beck, USMC, to examine shrapnel wound in his left arm at roadside aid station. Beck was evacuated to hospital in former Inchon School Building. Photographed September 19, 1950. Official U.S Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/12/13).

80-G-420225: Korean War, 1950-53. Wounded men cared for by U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen serving with U.S. Marines in Korea. Shown: Hospital Corpsmen read casualty tag of PFC Donald D. Mayo, USMC, in forward aid station behind battle lines. Photographed September 19, 1950. Official U.S Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/12/13).

80-G-420243: Korean War, 1950-53. Frontline first aid station set up by U.S. Navy medics serving with 5th Marine Division, Seoul, Korea. North Korean POW taken near river has gunshot wounds in his arm and jaw. He is being bandaged up by Hospital Corpsman Harry Fry, USNR. Photographed September 19, 1950. Official U.S Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/12/13).

80-G-421948: Korean War, Inchon Invasion. General Douglas MacArthur, USA; Rear Admiral A.D. Struble, USN; Brigadier General Courtney Whitney, USA; Major General O. P. Smith, USMC; attend a briefing at First Marine Division Headquarters, Inchon, Korea, September 17, 1950. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/01/24).

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A U.N. LST slips into the harbor at Inchon prior to invasion by U.S. Marines. December 13, 1950. (Navy) NARA FILE #: 080-G-423206 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1415

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As against "The Shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn, Leathernecks use scaling ladders to storm ashore at Inchon in amphibious invasion September 15, 1950. The attack was so swift that casualties were surprisingly low. S.Sgt. W.W. Frank. (Marine Corps) NARA FILE #: 127-N-A3191 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1419

First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950, during the Inchon invasion. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear.

LSTs unloading at Inchon, 15 September 1950. American forces land in Inchon harbor one day after Battle of Inchon began.

LSTs unloading at Inchon, 15 September 1950. American forces land in Inchon harbor one day after Battle of Inchon began.

LSTs unloading at Inchon, 15 September 1950. American forces land in Inchon harbor one day after Battle of Inchon began.

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Brigadier General Courtney Whitney; General Douglas MacArthur, Commander in Chief of U.N. Forces; and Major General Edward Almond, observe the shelling of Inchon from the U.S.S. Mt. McKinley, September 15, 1950.

80-G-420280: Captain John S. Thach (right) and Lieutenant J.V. Hames, USMC, on board USS Sicily (CVE 118) during Inchon Invasion. Lieutenant Hanes is a member of VMF-214 and is from Santa Monica, California. Thach commanded Sicily during the Korean War. (Taken at NARA II on 2/20/2014).

Carrying scaling ladders, U.S. Marines in landing crafts head for the seawall at Inchon. September 15, 1950. S.Sgt. W. W. Frank. (Marine Corps) NARA FILE #: 127-N-A3189 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1418

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