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Contact Info
Home Town Ft. Dodge
Last Address SHAKOPEE, MN
Date of Passing Jul 03, 2015
Location of Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery (VA) - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Korean War/UN Offensive (1950)/Inchon Landing/Operation Chromite
From Month/Year
September / 1950
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September / 1950
Description (September 15–26, 1950) in the Korean War, an amphibious landing by U.S. and South Korean forces at the port of Inchon, near the South Korean capital, Seoul. A daring operation planned and executed under extremely difficult conditions by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the landing suddenly reversed the tide of the war, forcing the invading North Korean army to retreat in disorder up the Korean peninsula.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
September / 1950
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September / 1950
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories onboard USS General William Mitchell AP-114
transcribed/edited from ships story
~about 18 November, 1950
"However, the ship has engine trouble on the way over, and necessary repairs were made in Yokuska Naval Base; the ship leavingon 18 November for Yokohama, 12 miles up Tokyo Bay, where the next day, (19 November) she left with a group of troops for Inchon, Korea.
The tides at Inchon range about 35' to 40' difference daily, so that ships of any depth must anchor in the harbor, disembarking their cargos via small landing craft. The Mitchell arrived at Inchon 22 November, and left 24 November, returning to Yokohama on 27 November.
Leaving again the next day (26 Nov) for Inchon with still another group of soldiers ready for combat she arrived in Inchion on 1 December, departing for Yokohama on the same day."
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