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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Inchon Assault Landings, 15 September 1950 --
Landings on "Red" Beach

"Red" Beach, on Inchon's north side, was assaulted by two battalions of the Fifth Marine Regimental Combat Team. Its high seawall required the use of scaling ladders so the assault forces could get ashore from their landing craft. After overcoming resisting North Korean defenders, the Fifth Marines advanced into the city, opening the causeway from Wolmo-Do island so that tanks and other vehicles could cross over and join the action.

This page features views of the landings on Inchon's "Red" Beach.

For other views of Inchon Landing operations, see Inchon Assault Landings, 15 September 1950.

For a special image selection on the Inchon Invasion, plus links to additional pictures of that Operation, see:

  • The Inchon Invasion, September 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 42351

    Inchon Invasion, September 1950


    First and second waves of landing craft move toward Red Beach at Inchon at 0700Z. USS De Haven (DD-727) is in the foreground.
    Photographed from a Marine Air Group Twelve (MAG-12) aircraft from either VMF-214 or VMF-215.
    This view looks eastward. The Inchon industrial area is in the middle distance, with fires burning and smoke drifting south over the city.

    Courtesy of Colonel Robert D. Heinl, USMC, June 1966.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 665 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96877

    Inchon Invasion, September 1950


    First wave of U.S. Marines heads for the landing beach in LCVPs, 15 September 1950. This landing is probably that on Red Beach, on the northern side of the Inchon invasion area.
    PC at the far right is a unit of the Republic of Korea Navy.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 100KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-420038

    Inchon Invasion, September 1950


    LCVPs head for Red Beach during initial landings at Inchon, 15 September 1950.
    Photographed from USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), which provided gunfire support for the Red Beach attack.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 96876

    Inchon Invasion, September 1950


    First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore.
    Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while assaulting a North Korean bunker.
    Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines' field gear.

    U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 97KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     


    For other views of Inchon Landing operations, see Inchon Assault Landings, 15 September 1950.

    For a special image selection on the Inchon Invasion, plus links to additional pictures of that Operation, see:

  • The Inchon Invasion, September 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


    Return to Naval Historical Center home page.

    11 October 1999