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Lieutenant Greenwood
19 APR 16
Hurd 2
The outbreak of the Korean War may very well have saved the
United States Marine Corps and the Navy from being dismantled or
tactical bombing with nuclear weapons was all that was needed.
With their future being questioned, the Navy and Marine Corps
went into the Korean War with something to prove. Their chance to
ten infantry divisions, with over 150 Soviet T-34 tanks, and 130
South Korean capital of Seoul had fallen to the NKPA and the
By this time, the United Nations had condemned the invasion and
forces.7
from Task Force 96, which consisted of one cruiser and four
destroyers, and air support from Task Force 77, which had one
Sea and the Sea of Japan were under UN control. General Douglas
the 24th, 25th, and the 1st cavalry divisions, which were stationed
deploy the 1st Marine division to Korea, as well as the 5th Marine
Hurd 4
American and ROK forces, the NKPAs advance would not be stopped.
For the next three weeks, the NKPA and UN forces were locked
landing that would cut off the overextended NKPA from their
how close it was to the 38th parallel and Seoul; the two other
options were Kunsan and Pyongyang, with Kunsan being only 100
miles behind NKPA lines, and Pyongyang being beyond the 38th
with strike groups from the 7th fleet targeting roads and
next morning, the Marine forces had secured the city and started
assault, Macarthur said The Navy and Marine Corps have never
the US Army, went on to capture Seoul, cutting off the NKPA from
movement of the 7th fleet to the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
been a tenant of the US Navy for over 100 years, and it should
Marine division rested and prepared for the invasion, the Army
air support.26 After the 1st Marines had taken Inchon and started
the pincer movement MacArthur had planned, the 2nd infantry and
the 1st Korean Marine Corps Regiment assaulted from the South,
military genius in history. Even though the Korean War may not
the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, clearing the way for this
example.
Hurd 8
Endnotes
1 Utz, Curtis A. Assault from the Sea: The Amphibious Landing at
Navy, 1994.
22 Ibid.
44 Halberstam, David. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War.
6 Ibid.
7 Ibid.
8 Ibid.
9 Ibid.
10 Utz, Assault from the Sea, 13
11Ibid.
13 Ibid.
19 Ibid.
20 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
23 Ibid.
26 Ibid., 18
27 Ibid.,19
Bibliography
Halberstam, David. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War.
New York: Hyperion, 2007.
Symonds, Craig L. The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the US
Navy. Annapolis, Md: Naval Inst. Press, 1995.