The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0425190005
ISBN 13
9780425190005
Category
900-GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
325
Subject
1. Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American. 2. Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Korea (South)--Inchʻŏn. 3. Korean War, 1950-1953--Reconnaissance operations, American.
Abstract
Description
Retrieved from a safe-deposit box, this stunning firsthand account of a crucial, but little-known, covert mission of the Korean War offers an honest, revealing, and a remarkable story of wartime courage- from the very man who led the mission.
According to his colleagues, Commander Eugene Franklin Clark had "the nerves of a burglar and the flair of a Barbery Coast Pirate." And in August of 1950, when General Douglas MacArthur made the unpopular decision to invade Inchon- a move considered by many to be tactical suicide- he sent Clark to find out what they needed to know.
Discovered by North Koreans, he soon found his intelligence gathering interrupted by firfights, air raids, hand-to-hand combat, and even a small-scale naval battle. Culminating in the night of the invasion, Clarl's account, informed by a growing brotherhood with his newfound allies, is rich in both adventure and humanity.
According to his colleagues, Commander Eugene Franklin Clark had "the nerves of a burglar and the flair of a Barbery Coast Pirate." And in August of 1950, when General Douglas MacArthur made the unpopular decision to invade Inchon- a move considered by many to be tactical suicide- he sent Clark to find out what they needed to know.
Discovered by North Koreans, he soon found his intelligence gathering interrupted by firfights, air raids, hand-to-hand combat, and even a small-scale naval battle. Culminating in the night of the invasion, Clarl's account, informed by a growing brotherhood with his newfound allies, is rich in both adventure and humanity.
Biblio Notes
I
GROUNDWORK
1.PRELUDE OF RUMBLE....................................................................P.3
2.INTO RED INCHON HARBOR...........................................................P. 17
3.AN ISLAND OF LOYALTY.................................................................P. 35
4. INTRIGUE...................................................................................P. 59
5. THE JUNK FLEET..........................................................................P. 81
6.EXPLORATORY OPERATIONS..........................................................P. 109
II
THE RUMBLE TURNS HOT
7.TAEMUUI-DO RAID........................................................................P. 139
8. RED PESTS..................................................................................P. 175
9.BATTLE OF THE JUNKS...................................................................P. 203
10.MUD,MUD, AND MORE MUD..........................................................P. 233
11.SPOTTER'S PARADISE..................................................................P. 281
12.YOUGHUNG DO'S LAST STAND......................................................P. 291
Epilogue........................................................................................P.321
GROUNDWORK
1.PRELUDE OF RUMBLE....................................................................P.3
2.INTO RED INCHON HARBOR...........................................................P. 17
3.AN ISLAND OF LOYALTY.................................................................P. 35
4. INTRIGUE...................................................................................P. 59
5. THE JUNK FLEET..........................................................................P. 81
6.EXPLORATORY OPERATIONS..........................................................P. 109
II
THE RUMBLE TURNS HOT
7.TAEMUUI-DO RAID........................................................................P. 139
8. RED PESTS..................................................................................P. 175
9.BATTLE OF THE JUNKS...................................................................P. 203
10.MUD,MUD, AND MORE MUD..........................................................P. 233
11.SPOTTER'S PARADISE..................................................................P. 281
12.YOUGHUNG DO'S LAST STAND......................................................P. 291
Epilogue........................................................................................P.321
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