Evening star., 1950-09-15
Seoul Port Isle
Falls 10 Marines
In Brief Battle
South Koreans Ashore
In Three Places
North of Pohung
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, sept. 15.-AneTlcaH
Marines and infantry stormed
ashore in Korea's west coast to-
day, far behind Red battle lines,
and knitted swiftly under fire into
the big port of Inchon.
The landings were made at the
harbor for Seoul, the Red-held
South Korean capital % miles
inland.
Covered by bombardments from
British and American warships,
the Leathernecks landed first-at
$50 am. G:30 pm, EDIT, Thurs
day..
Eleven hours later, the United
States 10th Army Corps went
ashore. Led by tanks, they drove
2 miles into Inchon on their first
lunge.
A fleet of 262 Allied ships put
the invading forces ashore at In
chon.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, the
United Nations commander who
planned the bold operation. was on
hand to direct the landings. And
he said:
"The Navy and Marines have
never shone more brightly than
this morning"
South Koreans Land.
Later he said the deep amphibi-
Gus penetration might break the
backbone of the Korean Red army.
South Korean Marines at the
same time landed at three places
on the east coast. The east coast
landings we're two and l8 miles
north of Pohang and at Yongok,
Is miles north of that former No,
2 Allied port in South Korea.
These co-ordinated thruSts deep
IN Red territory were the kickoff
of the long-awaited United Ma
tions offensive.
~ This was the day of turning
tide, coming after series of Bit
terly fought Allied Withdrawals
that began with the tank-led
North Korean assault across the
358th parallel June 25.
Since that time, in a country
slightly larger in area than Utah,
the Allies had been showed south
ward on the mountainous penin-
sula into box beachhead on the
southeast. The beachhead had
shrunk TO an area roughly so
miles wide, by 10 deep-smaller
than Connecticut.
It was 165 miles to the north
west of this beachhead that Gen.
Macarthur was throwing his main
counter punch.
On the northeast sector of the
Allied beachhead in South Korea,
the American 9th Army reported
that South Korean troops occu-
pied Angang, 8 miles southwest of
Red-held Pohang. Angang was
the pivotal point of the Reds un-
successful offensive last week.
INCHON INVASION FRONT.
With warships slamming heavy
shells into concealed Red shore
positions, the Marines landed on
Wolmi Island. 1t is connected to
1nchon proper by a half-mile
causeway.
Carrier planes slammed rockets
at the shore guns, too, but the
Marines still were under heavy
fire. But they planted the Amer
ican flag on Wolmi's highest hill
within 80 minutes after landing.
A general headquarters COM
Ynunique said the strongly de-
Tended island was capturded
with a minimum of casualties" ;"
"a Pentagon spokesman de-
scribed the Marine losses as
negligible" He also said 80
North Korean soldiers surren-
dered willingly" to the in
vading United Nations forces)
A naval summary said the naval
bombardment and jellied gasoline
bombs spread by fighters litera-
ally burned out wooded Wolmi
Island. So close was the timing,
the bombardment stopped slim
IS seconds before the Marines
hit the beach.
The infantrymen were held
back to take advantage of In
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