Corps Value

X Corps landed at Inchon on 15 September and immediately advanced toward Seoul. By the 24th, Col. Lewis “Chesty” Puller’s 1st Regiment crossed the Han River west of the city and jumped off at 0700, but without their usual armor support, as all of the heavy bridges in the …

1950-09-25

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X Corps landed at Inchon on 15 September and immediately advanced toward Seoul. By the 24th, Col. Lewis “Chesty” Puller’s 1st Regiment crossed the Han River west of the city and jumped off at 0700, but without their usual armor support, as all of the heavy bridges in the area had been destroyed. Capt. Bruce Williams of Company B, 1st Tank Battalion, would have to find another way to catch up and support the attack on Hill 105. Williams took his tanks around to a ferry run by Marine engineers, who, along with a rifle platoon led by Staff Sgt Arthur Farrington, became their immediate infantry support a they deployed for action in the small hills around Seoul’s western outskirts. After a shower of grenades and automatic fire revealed the location of the North Koreans, the Marine tankers deployed.

Seoul, South Korea

The Battle of Inchon was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN). The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels and led to the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul two weeks later. The code name for the operation was Operation Chromite. The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Inchon was secured after being bombed by UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA). The subsequent UN recapture of Seoul partially severed the KPA's supply lines in South Korea.

American

North Korea

Scenario Type = Standard