KOREAN WAR PROJECT COMPILATION OF COMMENTS AND RECOMMEDATIONS FROM THE SPECIAL ACTION REPORT, STAFF SECTIONS 15* MARINE DICISION INCHON-SEOUL OPERATION 1°" MARINE DIVISIONa 4 -fA MPILATION (jks Pian HF. Ea COMMENTS AND RECOM’ENDATIONS of from f / TIONS 5 DECEMBER 1950 INCHON-SEOUL OPERATIONFOREWORD Tne enclosure is @ compilation of all comments and recommendations made by the staff sections of the lst Marine Division in the divisional Special Action Report on the Inchon-Seoul Operation. The Special Action Report Covers only the activities of the general and special staffs. Both comments and recommendations are reproduced without alteration. They were abstracted by Headquarters Marine Corps from the whole report, separately titled, and rearranged under such subjects as tables of organization, training, and transportation. In the final compilation all recommendations are listed under the staff section to which they most nearly pertain. The Inchon-Seoul Operation was comparatively short. It represents, however, the experience of a Marine division in combat for the first time since 1945, and reflects the Progress of nearly five years. The operation itself was one of the more varied in Marine Corps history: it included a landinz under difficult and unusual circumstances, a rapid advance inland, a river crossing against opposition, and the conquest of a TaYme—tity and-ttssuburbs-~The area had a poor network of roads; the language of the enemy and of the native inhabitants was strange. Finally, the organization of the division was pe- culiar in Marine Corps annals: it contained a veteran brigade and two regiments hastily organized and brought up to strength by the inclusion of a large number of Reserves. Under these circumstances, the control and administration of the division was both complicated and difficult.