Over the Beach: US Army Amphibious Operations in the Korean War

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Pub. Date: 2008-12-19
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Table of Contents

Forewordp. iii
Acknowledgmentsp. v
Mapsp. xii
Introductionp. 1
A Note on Definitionsp. 4
Amphibious Heritagep. 11
American Amphibious Warfare to 1919p. 11
Amphibious Doctrine and Planning, 1919-38p. 19
The Joint Boardp. 20
Marine Corps Developmentsp. 22
Army Activitiesp. 24
Amphibious Developments on the Eve of World War IIp. 25
Development of Landing Ships and Craftp. 29
World War IIp. 31
Amphibious Developments in 1942p. 35
The Army Amphibious Training Center and Engineer Amphibian Commandp. 35
Engineer Amphibian Commandp. 35
Amphibious Ships, Craft, and Vehiclesp. 39
Amphibious Operations in 1942p. 40
Amphibious Operations in 1943p. 43
Army Amphibious Tank and Tractor Battalionsp. 45
South and Southwest Pacific Operationsp. 45
The Aleutiansp. 48
Mediterranean Operationsp. 49
Central Pacific Operationsp. 49
Amphibious Operations in 1944p. 51
Southwest Pacific Area Operationsp. 53
Central Pacific Operationsp. 56
Operations in Europep. 57
Advance to the Philippinesp. 60
Amphibious Operations in 1945p. 63
Amphibious Doctrine, Planning, and Training, 1945-50p. 65
The Postwar Amphibious Establishmentp. 65
Resumption of Amphibious Exercisesp. 67
The Unification and Roles and Missions Strugglep. 68
Post-National Security Act, Army Amphibious Doctrine and Trainingp. 72
The Situation in the Far East on the Eve of the Korean Warp. 79
GHQ FEC Amphibious Training Programp. 81
Initial Operations and Planningp. 111
North Korean Attacks and ROK and US Evacuationsp. 111
Command Relationship Changes and Arrival of US/UN Forcesp. 116
Amphibious Planning and Operation BLUEHEARTSp. 118
Delay and Reinforcementp. 126
The Pusan Perimeterp. 127
Over-the-Shore Logistics: The Jindong-ri (Chindong-ni) Operationp. 127
Evacuation of ROK 3d Division, 13-17 August 1950p. 131
The Tongyeong Amphibious Operationp. 135
Amphibious Special Operations, July-August 1950p. 139
Chromite: The Incheon Landingp. 155
Planningp. 155
The Planp. 162
5th Marines Issuep. 168
Decision in Washingtonp. 169
Special Operations in Preparation for Chromitep. 172
Operations Lee and Trudy Jacksonp. 172
Ghq Fec Raider Company Demonstration at Gunsanp. 174
Operational Executionp. 176
Incheon D+1 Operationsp. 178
Excursions and Alarmsp. 183
The Miryang Battalion's Jangsa-dong Operationp. 183
The Raiders Attempt at Gimpop. 186
Morning Alarmsp. 186
The Incheon Build-Up, D+2 to D+4p. 186
Considerations of a Landing at Gunsanp. 192
Han River Crossingp. 194
The Conclusion of the Incheon-Seoul Operationp. 194
ROK Operationsp. 201
Incheon Port and Logistic Support Operationsp. 201
Operations in North Korea, October-December 1950p. 217
The Invasion of North Koreap. 217
Strategic Settingp. 217
X Corps Mount Outp. 220
Eighth Army Moves into North Koreap. 222
Yeseong Resupply Operationp. 224
Opening of Jinnampo Portp. 224
TailBoard (Wonsan/Iwon), 29 October- 4 November 1950p. 226
Special Operations in Support of Operations in the Northp. 231
Amphibious Withdrawals, December 1950p. 232
Evacuation of Jinnampop. 236
Evacuation of Wonsan and Seongjinp. 238
Washington Deliberationsp. 239
The Heungnam Evacuationp. 240
The War of Movement, December 1950- November 1951p. 251
Evacuation of Incheonp. 251
Planning for Evacuation of Korea and the Defense of Japanp. 254
Special Operations: Irregulars in the Northwest Islands in January-February 1951p. 256
Eighth Army Counteroffensivep. 259
Amphibious Demonstrations and the Reoccupation of Incheonp. 262
The Siege of Wonsanp. 263
Rehabilitation of Incheon Portp. 264
Amphibious Raids, Demonstrations, and Special Operations to Support the Offensivep. 267
Hwacheon (Hwach'on) Reservoir Operation, 9-11 April 1951p. 271
Amphibious Training, March-May 1951p. 284
Van Fleet in Command: Amphibious Plans, April-June 1951p. 285
Amphibious Training, May-August 1951p. 292
Special Operations, June-August 1951p. 293
Amphibious Planning and Training, August-November 1951p. 296
Amphibious Planning and Training during the Stalemate, 1952-53p. 313
Reserve Amphibious Unitsp. 313
Amphibious Training, August 1951-April 1952p. 314
Operations in the Offshore Islandsp. 318
Amphibious Training, May 1952 to the End of the Warp. 319
Amphibious Planning and Operations, 1952-53p. 321
Postwar Activities, Current Situation, and Lessons Learnedp. 327
Doctrine, Force Structure, and Trainingp. 327
Vietnam and Afterp. 338
Conclusions and Lessons Learnedp. 347
Glossaryp. 357
Bibliographyp. 363
Korean Geographical Namesp. 415
Landing Ships, Craft, and Vehicles in Use during the Korean Warp. 419
Amphibious Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms: Army Doctrine in Effect from 1950 to 1953p. 435
Indexp. 457
About the Authorp. 501
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