Leathernecks use scaling ladders to storm ashore at Inchon
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Leathernecks use scaling ladders to storm ashore at Inchon
September 15, 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.7 x 24.5 cm (7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Paper: 20.6 x 25.3 cm (8 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0018.1025
Inscriptions verso (stamped in blue ink): As against "the shores of Tripoli: in Marine / Hymn, Leathernecks use scaling ladders to / storm ashore at Inchon in amphibious invasion / Sept. 15, 1950. It was one of the fastest / operations on record, perfectly timed, with / waves of Marines almost stumbling over the pre- / ceding ones. The attack was so swift that / casualties were surprisingly low. / [?]detrs. No. A-3190 / PLEASE CREDIT: / OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO / RELEASED Sept. 15, 1950 / By SSgt. Walter W. Frank, USMC
