1.17 - Mr. MacArthur's Summer Funtime Beach Bash: Inchon, September 1950.

from Coming Together/Coming Apart: A History of the Korean War · host Trevor Owens

Douglas MacArthur knew he needed to make a splash to relieve the pressure on his men around Pusan. UN forces had faced disaster after disaster in the first two months of the war, and it appeared that there was an anchor around their necks. Would an ambitious amphibious strike at the heart of Korea, just 20 miles from Seoul but 200 miles from Pusan, keep Mr. MacArthur's illustrious career from sinking?

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