NI6BB to Remember the Battle of Inchon as the Turning Point of the Korean War

NI6BB to Remember the Battle of Inchon as the

Turning Point of the Korean War

As the representative of the National Museum of the Surface Navy at Battleship IOWA (BB-61) in San Pedro, California, the Battleship IOWA Amateur Radio Association (BIARA) will activate NI6BB in memory of Operation Chromite on September 15, 1950.

During the Korean War, 1,789,000 United States military personnel served in the Korean theater of operations resulting in 137,250 casualties with 36,940 killed in action. There were 3,737 soldiers missing in action. The activation of NI6BB will be to honor American veterans and their United Nations allies who served during the Korean War.

Activation will be on Sunday, September 15, 2024 from 0800 to 1600 PDST; 1500 to 2300 UTC.

Modes and frequencies will be as shown on the https://biara.org front page. Bands and modes activated will be dependent on propagation and BIARA associate participation. QSL per instructions found on the Web site.

Per Wikipedia:

The Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천 상륙 작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon), also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN). The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels and led to the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul two weeks later.[9] The code name for the Inchon operation was Operation Chromite.

The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Incheon was secured after being bombed by UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA). The subsequent UN recapture of Seoul partially severed the KPA's supply lines in South Korea.

The UN and ROK forces were commanded by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of the United States Army. MacArthur was the driving force behind the operation, overcoming the strong misgivings of more cautious generals to a risky assault over extremely unfavorable terrain. The battle was followed by a rapid collapse of the KPA; within a month of the Incheon landing, the Americans had taken 135,000 KPA troops prisoner.[10]