Re: Inchon Invasion

["Young Kim" <ysk@kimsoft.com>]

Hi, Ed and all -

Ed wrote -
> The two Koreans who went on this operation with Lt. Eugene Clark were
> interpreters loaned to him by 8th Army G-2, not ROKN naval
> officers.  Suggest you read Clark's account of what happened:  THE SECRETS
> OF INCHON by Commander Eugene Franklin Clark, Putman, 2002.  I found it a
> bit "colorful" since some of the inter-island movements he described are
> impossible within the described time frame when using a sail junk because
> of the tidal flow. I know because I operated from those same islands later
> and also discussed this op with many of the islanders, including many of
> those mentioned in Clark's book, about this operation while there.

As far as I know the KLO was formed in 1949 and its founding members were
Baik-yi-sa agents - commonly known as the Yong-san (sp?) gansters.  Col. Geh
took over the KLO command in 1950 and his units participate in the Inchon
operation and also in the Yalu operation - described in your book - Dark
Moon.  Both were KLO operations.   It is interesting that Geh does not
mention the loss of his troops in the Yalu operation.

BWT, the ROKN officer in question wrote his version in a Korean journal.


Young