Operation Chromite and the Merits of Maritime Manoeuvre

摘要

At midnight on the 15TH of September 1950 a beacon flickered to life atop the lighthouse on Palmi-Do, an Island along the approaches to Inchon Harbour on Korea's Yellow Sea coast. The beacon's rhythmic flashing was soon marking safe passage for a flotilla of landing craft carrying troops of the US 1st Marine Division toward their crucial objective.