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**Korean Conflict****(in Wars and Conflicts of the U.S. Navy)**

**Chronology of U.S. Pacific Fleet Operations, 1950–53**

**Medals:Korean Service MedalandKorean Service Medal: Ships and Other Units (includes list of ships and units that participated)**

**Bibliography: Korean War Naval Operations**

**Documents:Korean Combat Action Reports for Carriers                                        andKorean Combat Action Reports for Carrier Air Groups and Air Task Groups (PDF files)**

**Photographs:The Korean War (in Online Library of Photographic Images)**

**Art Exhibit: Remembering the Forgotten War: Korea, 1950–53 (Navy Art Collection Online Exhibit)**

 

 

 

 

   ContentsIntroduction to Online Edition by Edward J. MaroldaForeword by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller, USN (Retired)Preface by James A. Field, Jr.List of MapsList of TablesChapter 1 : To Korea by Sea- 1. The Commodore's Treaty    2. The American Link
  - 3. The Dominance of Japan      4. Return to Asia
    Chapter 2: Policy and its Instruments
    1. Divided Korea
- 2. Unified Defense    3. The Estimate of the Situation
  Chapter 3: War Begins
  1. The Decision to Intervene
- 2. The Far East Command    3. First Days of Naval Action
  - 4. Air Strikes, Coastal Bombardment, Flank Patrols   Chapter 4: Help on the Way      - 1. The Strategic Problem        2. Troops and Supplies
      - 3. Fighting Ships          4. Naval Logistic
        - 5. The Marine Brigade            6. Air Transport and Air Reinforcement
          Chapter 5: Into the Perimeter
          1. The Korean Theater
- 2. 5-17 July: East Coast Bomdardment    3. 3-30 July: The Pohang Landing
  - 4. 10-30 July: Seventh Fleet Operations      5. 7 July-2 August: Patrol Planes and Gunnery Ships
    - 6. 23 July-6 August: The Marines Arrive   Chapter 6. Holding the Line        - 1. The Perimeter Takes Form          2. 26 July-13 August: Coastal Bomdardment, The Problem of Carrier Air and the Southern Spoiling Offensive
        - 3. 6-20 August: East Coast Interdiction, Pohang, and First Naktong            4. 21-31 August: Coast Operations and Carrier Strikes
          - 5. 1-5 September: The Enemy's Big Blast   Chapter 7: Back to the Parallel              - 1. 10 July-11 September: Preparing the Counterstroke                2. 15 August-21 September: North to Inchon
              - 3. 12 September-7 October: the Clearance of South Korea   Chapter 8: On to the Border                  - 1. 27 September-15 October: Planning the Wonsan Landing                    2. 11 September-30 November: The Opening of Wonsan and Chinnampo
                  - 3. 19 October-20   November: Operations in Eastern North Korea                      4. 15 October-24 November: New Plans and New Problems
                    Chapter 9. Retreat to the South
                    1. 
24 November-6 December: Defeat in the West
- 2.  14 November-10 December: The Campaign at the Reservoir    3. 
  30 November-13 December: Concentration in the East
  - 4.  11 December-24 December: The Evacuation of Hungnam      5. 
    7 December-1950-25 January 1951: The Second Chinese Offensive
    Chapter 10:  The Second Six Months
    1. 
February 1951: Back to the Han
- 2.  March- April 1951: On to the Parallel    3. 
  April-May 1951: the Communist Spring Offensive
  - 4.  June-July 1951: North to Kaesong   Chapter 11. Problems of a Policeman      - 1.  The Unexpected Shape of War        2. 
      Operating Problems
      - 3.  Logistic Support          4. 
        Interservice Coordination and the Air Problem
        - 5.  The Larger Picture            6. 
          Into the Future
          Chapter 12. Two More Years
          1. 
July 1951-February 1952: Stabilized and Peripheral War
- 2.  March 1952-February 1953: Stalemate    3. 
  March-July 1953: Progress, Crisis, Conclusion
  A Note on Source Materials
  Glossary of Naval Abbreviations
  ***History of United States Naval Operations: Korea*****by James A. Field Jr. was first published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1962. Electronic edition released June 2000 by the Naval Historical Center as http://www.history.navy.mil/books/field**
  *21 June 2000* |
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