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The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War Hardcover - 2002

by Eugene Franklin Clark; Introduction by Thomas Fleming

In 2000, as historian Thomas Fleming prepared an article about a crucial but little-known, covert mission of the Korean War, led by a thirty-nine-year-old naval lieutenant named Eugene Clark, Clark's widow noted that her husband had written up his own account, then put it in a safe-deposit box. Would he like to read it? Fleming would-and discovered an extraordinary document

In late August 1950, with North Korea on the attack, MacArthur battled his own colleagues over his plan to invade Inchon, behind enemy lines. They simply knew too little about the dangerous tides and miles of mudflats, the beaches, seawalls, and fortifications. It was suicide. MacArthur convinced them, barely, and then brought in Clark, because they did know too little. Clark had to find the answers-and in just two weeks. That was all the time there was.

With two South Korean officers, Clark landed on a harbor island, but the North Koreans discovered him, and soon his intelligence-gathering became filled with firefights, night raids, hand-to-hand combat, even a miniature naval battle involving armed junks. It all culminated on the night of the invasion itself-when he and his men took over a lighthouse and lit it to guide the allied fleet.

The Secrets of Inchon is a stunning account, rich with courage and humanity, infused by Clark's growing brotherhood with his newfound allies-a new classic of military history.

"A classic first-person account of heroism, resolve, and ultimate triumph that will touch every American in these troubled times." (Stephen Coonts)

"The Secrets of Inchon is a modern classic of military history, an astonishing first-person account that fairly crackles with drama. As we have seen so recently, heroism can come at any time-but who even suspected that this Korean War hero could write so well?" (W.E.B. Griffin)


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In 2000, as historian Thomas Fleming prepared an article about a crucial but little-known, covert mission of the Korean War, led by a thirty-nine-year-old naval lieutenant named Eugene Clark, Clark's widow noted that her husband had written up his own account, then put it in a safe-deposit box. Would he like to read it? Fleming would -- and discovered an extraordinary document: a vividly written first-person chronicle filled with color, detail, and event, as honest and revealing a wartime narrative as he'd read in many years.

In late August 1950, with North Korea on the attack, MacArthur battled his own colleagues over his plan to invade Inchon, behind enemy lines. They simply knew too little about the dangerous tides and miles of mudflats, the beaches, seawalls, and fortifications. It was suicide. MacArthur convinced them, barely, and then brought in Clark, because they did know too little. Clark had to find the answers -- and in just two weeks. That was all the time there was.

With two South Korean officers, Clark landed on a harbor island, but the North Koreans discovered him, and soon his intelligence-gathering became filled with firefights, night raids, hand-to-hand combat, even a miniature naval battle involving armed junks. It all culminated on the night of the invasion itself -- when he and his men took over a lighthouse and lit it to guide the allied fleet.

The Secrets of Inchon is a stunning account, rich with courage and humanity, infused by Clark's growing brotherhood with his newfound allies -- a new classic of military history. Maps.

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ON AUGUST 26, 1950, I was summoned to the office of Cap Edward Pearce, USN, in the Dai Ichi Insurance Building in downtown Tokyo, overlooking Emperor Hirohito's imperial palace.

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  • Title The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War
  • Author Eugene Franklin Clark; Introduction by Thomas Fleming
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 325
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
  • Date May 9, 2002
  • ISBN 9780399148712 / 039914871X
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.18 x 1.19 in (23.57 x 15.70 x 3.02 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Korean War, 1950-1953, Clark, Eugene Franklin
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001059181
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.904
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