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By on September 16th, 2010 at 9:18 am

US Military Remembers the 60th Anniversary of the Inchon Landing Operation

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This is something that has been growing in its complexity over the past few years and it appears all the personnel involved in the exercise did a great job pulling this off:

At a site where U.S. forces stormed the beaches 60 years ago and turned the tide of the Korean War, current U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Walter Sharp had some terse words Wednesday for North Korea.Straying from his prepared remarks to a gathering of about 2,000 people to watch and participate in a re-enactment of the landing at Inchon, Sharp called on the nation that nearly overran South Korea in 1950 and still threatens it today “to immediately stop all future provocations and immediately denuclearize.”

“As the recent North Korean attack on the Cheonan reminds us,” he said, directing comments to veterans of the war, “we must always remain strong and vigilant to ensure what you brave men and women – and those who made the ultimate sacrifice — fought for will be protected for the future generations.”

Sharp was referring to North Korea’s alleged role in the March 26 sinking of a South Korean warship in the Yellow Sea, known as the West Sea by Koreans. The torpedoing killed 46 sailors and further strained long-simmering relations between the two Koreas.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read more at the link, but it is pretty cool that they had someone dress up as General MacArthur for the mock landing for people to take pictures with.

You can read more about the Incheon Landing Operation from my prior postings on the landing at this link.

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