European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes september 1950 prophetic View of Missouri the Missouri during bombardment Inchon is 12 Miles from Kimpo Best korean Airport 13 where infantrymen and marines made their major is near the Middle of the West coast of Korea on the yellow the West coast itself is mostly greatly and has one to five mile Belt of mud Flats exposed at Low heaviest korean population is along that there Are some Cliffs be tween Small beaches fronted by mud Inchon is the port of the fallen capital of the Republic of South 22 Miles it is Korea fourth largest with a Normal population of about Seoul ranks with a popu lation of nearly once submarine Center the invasion City is 30 Miles South of the 38th which divided communist North Korea and re publican South it is 120 Miles Southeast of the red and 724 air Miles West of Inchon badly pounded industries produced Railroad rolling Stock and machinery and steel during world War when Korea was under japans the japanese manufactured their two Man submarines at twelve Miles Northeast of Inchon is Kimpo which has been badly beaten up by United nations air before world War Inchon ranked second to in port on the Southeast in volume of but the Harbor has one at Low tide the Channel is Only 12 feet when the tide the is 40 feet the extreme tides severely Handicap because of the extreme tide Levels vessels can remain at the wharves Only a few red forces attack on Southern front continued from Page 1 of vital Hill 10 Miles North of on the southwestern front an estimated red battalion overran two companies on that the 24th regt launched a but so far had not succeeded in re gaining lot to the North of that regiment the communists attacked the 35th regts right but no ground was lost to the on the 2d div front in the Central Paktong River four communist companies Sud Denly hit the Center of the line and Bent it by Nightfall the 2a div had regained half the lost the communists also launched attacks to the right of the 1st Cav against the 6th Republic of Korea div 12 Miles Northwest of Yong mighty to joins fighting continued from Page 1 dodged a tropical storm at and Rode into korean Waters on the Tail of a in the last War she took part in the iwo Jima and Okinawa Cam raided the japanese Home and on her deck the japanese formally surrendered on sept she carries nine 16inch 20 5inch 80 40mm fully displaces her wartime Crew is and her rated Speed 33 reds Burn continued from Page 1 was about 200 to 300 Yards Marcum said he saw three americans thrown into the fire by the North he said he heard one scream dont do it dont do it the sergeant said the reds occupied the position about 30 min utes and then moved on after their grim work was sgt of witnessed the fire deaths from a distance of 150 he said he Lay hoping the reds would not see Stephan said the North koreans made the fire with blankets and anything he said the fiery deathbed was about 10 feet he said the first Man tossed into the flames appeared to be wounded he said the reds carried him to the fire and he made no Effort to get the second he was Able to walk with it was he who pleaded with the North to they slugged him with some Stephan went and threw him Stephan said he could not watch the third Man tossed into the fire but that he heard the victim scream Stephan said he was spotted by a red the red fired at him but he managed to escape to the american lines the area where the atrocities were committed has not been re Darmstadt commissary to Start Home delivery 15 a free Home delivery service of commissary items will go into effect on the Darmstadt sub Post Mon Alvin commissary announced deliveries will be made monday through holidays and phone orders will be accepted on those Days from 8 am to additional information i available at the Darmstadt commissary of fice or by phoning Darmstadt Mil itary 0448 or offensive gains 10 Miles in continued from Page 1 of Hanau As troops established a Bridgehead on the East troops crossed and continued to spokesman Here said the aggressor forces seemed to have been caught by after driving to the Rhine and Neckar the spokesmen the aggressors stopped to establish their defensive line and it was at this Point the counterattack Norbert Start and stripes correspondent with troops on the Northern hinge of the attack reported that co Stab into a River Bridgehead area near Hanau and faced aggressor troops across the armoured Force destroyed the co Stab was reported to be marshalling infantry and armoured cavalry even As engineers worked on a Pontoon Bridge to Span the Ehrenfreund at the top of the line an armoured task which includes a Brit ish armoured was deployed along a Battle line from Friedberg to stars and stripes Cor respondent with the 1st inf reported the division its first offensive of exercise rain Bow when two regimental combat teams broke through aggressor lines for gains up to 12 Miles on the Central at determined aggressor resistance slowed the Advance along the Tauber River after one of the units had captured the Village of a vital Road Junction m the path of the stars and stripes correspondent Ernie Reed reported that the con Stab forces along the Southern end of the front late tonight were still under heavy cover in their concealed bivouac area some 20 Miles East of where they were awaiting their orders to Start their important conference battalion commanders were called into the up late this afternoon for an important they were Given their final instructions for the which is expected to break the Back of the aggressors and push them All the Way Back to the co Stab forces will be divided into two task forces for the win stars and stripes correspondent with aggressor reported that the invaders had fallen Back All along the line two to three Miles from the advanced positions held he also reported that Gen Wil Helm cd of the aggressor 10th in an order of the Day told his officers and men that even though they were now out numbered 751 they would stand and and die if fanning said the aggressor air Force claimed to have destroyed 41 trucks and 10 tanks in striking Back against the forces in the last 24 in forces go ashore on West coasts continued from Page 1 Germany time after a Savage preliminary a Veteran War correspond said it was the most perfectly coordinated attack he had Ever he said at its fullest the attack turned Volmi into a live Volcano of smoke and flame As ton and tons of explosives pounded into the laboriously built defences of the at one Black smoke completely hid the 300foothigh into which the first wave of Landing boats Flag raised for 45 american and British cruisers and destroyers hammered at the tiny Island with every gun they joined by rocket firing United nations so closely timed was the assault that the bombardment let up Only 15 seconds before the first Landing party hit the less than 30 minutes later the marines had hoisted the american Flag atop the highest Hill on the the Navy and marines have drive outlined by Macarthur on the Inchon 15 Douglas Macarthur landed on the Beach just behind invading marines today and told How he expected to crush the North korean armies 150 Miles to the South by cutting off their Macarthur came ashore in a beating some of the troops to the eight Cor respondents were with before the marines of the 1st div stormed the Beach at Macarthur said in the present situation the enemy has committed the great mass of his forces in South he depends on North Korea to Supply additional replenishment of men and Seoul vital All of those both men and Channel through one particular area is the Seo Linchon pointing out that Seoul was the great distribution Point for North korean Macarthur added we Are going to try to seize that distribution area so it will be impossible for the North koreans to get any additional men or More than a trickle of supplies into the present combat if that can be accomplished and the enemy is caught Between two wings of our they would be subjected to attrition Al combat Effort of both those forces working in and will be depleted of reinforcements and if that can be these forces will sooner or later disintegrate and cease to be a coordinated fighting Macarthur said the enemy had a greater number of ground troops but lacked air and sea never shone More brightly than Thia Macarthur said in a Mes Sage to vice adm Arthur 7th Fleet and rear adm James amphibious com As was his practice during the Pacific Macarthur lost no time in getting ashore himself for a per Sonal his Small boat passed one Beach at Inchon before the troops had landed Struble said the Basic idea of Macarthur bold Man Euver was to attempt to destroy the North korean army in South once in which the South koreans abandoned june 28 in the face of the first communist the in forces will ave a strangle hold on the Best North South in the coast routes they also will have regained pos session of Kimpo 12 North of and the Best air Field in the other forces will seek to deny the communists use of East coast communications by taking key and blocking the Highway with heavy naval the East coast Highway is particularly susceptible to naval bombard ment because it runs under Steep Cliffs which can be brought Down on it by explosions of heavy with the enemy escape in forces will be in a position to grind the North korean army from two the attack on Volmi was a master piece of thirty foot tides beat at Olmis but when they recede Only mud Flats Are they easily could strand an invading any Cost the critical moment of the initial operation came just As two of Green Clad marines of the 1st div followed the first attack Forca Doyle bad ordered this Mission must be successfully completed at any any failure will seriously jeopardize or even prevent a major amphibious assault on press the assault with relentless vigor despite loss or Dif besides these top officers also observed the attack maj Gen Oliver 1st Marine div Doyle and it Gen Lemuel commanding the Fleet Marine Force in the italian troops to guard plane unloading 15 italian government rushed Mobile troops today into the Brindisi area to guard the unloading of the first shipment of fighter planes for the troops arrived in the area of the Adriatic seaport on Italy Southeast coast As us aircraft Carrier Mindoro pulled into Brindle a to be unloaded commanders in amphibious operation Bear adm James Doyle i amphibious adm Arthur Struble Fleet commander maj Gen Oliver Smith Leatherneck Leader