South Korea

U.S. and the South Korean Marine landing crafts sail to shores in a smoke screen during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. 
South Korean Marine Corps' amphibious vehicles and the Navy's Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) ship 'Dokdo' (behind) take part in a mock landing operation in the sea off Incheon, west of Seoul, September 15, 2010. The operation marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-led United Nations troops' Incheon Landing Operations during the 1950-1953 Korean War. 
South Korean Navy helicopters fly during the 60th Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration Ceremony, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010 at sea near Incheon, the coastal city where United Nations Forces led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur landed in September, 1950 just months after North Korea invaded the South. 
The South Korean and US navies reenact the historic Incheon Landing on seas off Incheon on September 15, 2010. The event is designed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the operation, commanded by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Sept. 15, 1950, which decisively turned the tide of the Korean War in favor of the UN forces fighting for South Korea. |