In this section we cover a chronology of the events surrounding the Korean War from 1950-1953. The Korean War officially began on June 24, 1950 with the invasion of South korea by North Korea.
The war ended on July 27, 1953 The United States, North Korea and China signed an armistice, which ended the war but failed to bring permanent peace.
1950
June 25
North Korea
invades South Korea with 135,000 men, initiating the
Korean War.
June 27
President
Harry S. Truman deploys the 7th Fleet to waters off
Taiwan to prevent the spread of the conflict in Korea
to other Far East waters.
June 27
First air
victory of the war. A 68th All-Weather Squadron F-82
shoots down a North Korean Yak fighter. Two more enemy
planes are destroyed in this air battle.
June 29
Fifth Air
Force's 3rd Bombardment Group sends 18 B-26 Invader
light bombers against Heijo Airfield near the North
Korean capital of Pyongyang: 25 enemy aircraft are
destroyed on the ground; one Yak fighter is shot down.
July 1
First U.S.
infantry unit arrives in Korea: 1st Battalion, 21st
Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Along with
Battery A of the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, it
comprises Task Force Smith.
July 2
Off Chumunjin,
on Korea's east coast, the USS Juneau helps destroy
three of four attacking North Korean torpedo boats.
July 5
Battle
of Osan. First U.S. ground action of the war: Task
Force Smith (406 infantrymen and 134 artillerymen)
engages and delays advancing North Korean People's
Army (NKPA) units.
July 6
Fifty-seven
Army nurses arrive in Pusan, Korea. They helped establish
a hospital for the wounded. Two days later, on July
8, twelve Army nurses moved forward with a mobile
Army surgical hospital (MASH) to Taejon.
Aug. 4
-
Sept. 16
16 84,478
U.S. troops participate in the defense of the Pusan
Perimeter, including the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division,
2nd, 24th, and 25th Infantry Divisions, and the 1st
Provisional Marine Brigade.
Sept. 15
Inchon
Landing (Operation CHROMITE). U.S. and allied forces
land U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troops at Inchon.
Sept. 15-30
Inchon
Operation and Liberation of Seoul. U.S. and allies
re-capture Seoul on Sept. 27 after a week of fighting.
Sept. 16-27
Pusan Perimeter
breakout. Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA) breaks out of the
Pusan Perimeter. Four U.S. divisions (1st Cavalry
Division, 2nd, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions) participate.
Oct 20
War's first
airborne operation. Seventy-one C-119s and 40 C-47s
of the Far East Air Force's (FEAF) Combat Cargo Command
drop 2,860 paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental
Combat Team (RCT) at Sukch'on and Sunch'on north of
Pyongyang. Only one trooper killed and 36 injured
in jump. Paratroopers, in association with ground
forces driving north, kill or capture about 6,000
North Koreans during this operation.
Oct. 25
Chinese
Communist Forces (CCF) launch their first phase offensive
of the Korean War.
Nov. 8
First all-jet
combat in history. An F-80 Shooting Star of the 51st
Fighter Interceptor Wing shoots down a MiG-15 fighter
near Sinuiju in a 30-second dogfight.
Nov. 8-26
FEAF B-29s
and Navy aircraft attack Yalu River bridges in attempt
to isolate the battlefield.
Nov. 25
-
Dec. 15
CCF Counteroffensive
in North Korea. Seven U.S. divisions participate (1st
Marine Division, U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division,
2nd, 3rd, 7th, 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions).
Nov. 27
-
Dec. 9
Battle
of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir. The encircled
1st Marine Division fights its way southward from
the Chosin Reservoir to the port city of Hungnam.
Dec. 24
Hungnam
Operation is complete—the U.S. Navy evacuates
105,000 U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces.
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