In June 1950, President Truman ordered a naval blockade of the Korean coast, and authorized the General MacArthur to send U.S. ground troops into Korea. This was the beginning of a new a glorious chapter in the Corps’ long history.
First To Fight – Episode 1: Shinmiyangyo
2010
This episode sheds light on America’s first military action in Korea , after the General Sherman was sunk by Korean forces in 1866.
First To Fight – Episode 2: Backs To The Sea
2010
North Korea, equipped with Soviet arms and supported by the Soviet Union, crosses the 38th Parallel and invades South Korea on June 25, 1950.
First To Fight – Episode 3: Holding On
2010
The arrival of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in August 1950 bolsters the U.S. and South Korean forces in the Pusan perimeter.
First To Fight – Episode 4: Inchon
2010
As U.S. and U.N. forces struggled to break out from the Pusan Perimeter, General MacArthur launched perhaps the most remembered aspect of the Korean War:…
First To Fight – Episode 5: The Drive North
2010
US led UN forces retake Seoul, crush the North Korean forces around the Pusan Perimeter and cross the 38th Parallel into North Korea.
First To Fight – Episode 6: The People’s Army
2010
As winter moves in American forces, including the 5th Marines, encounter Chinese troops for the first time.
First To Fight – Episode 7: Fire And Ice
2010
The tenacity and fortitude of the Marines during the Chosin Reservoir battle kept the Chinese at bay. All who served in the campaign became known as the…
First To Fight – Episode 8: Wings Over Korea
2010
The U.S deployed a new F-86 Sabre Jet to compete with the Soviet Union’s MiG 15 jet fighters. This led to many dogfights in the northwest part of North…
First To Fight – Episode 9: Tools Of The Trade
2010
A look at the initial weaponry used by United States forces in the early stages of the Korean War, most of which were used in WWII.
First To Fight – Episode 10: Shackled
2010
U.S. historians call the evacuation from Hungnam in North Korea in December 1950, “The greatest evacuation movement by sea in U.S. military history”…
First To Fight – Episode 11: The Fall Of Caesar
2010
The South Korean capital of Seoul was a major battle ground during the Korean War. The fourth battle of Seoul began in March 1951.
First To Fight – Episode 12: Stalemate
2010
The Battle of the Punchbowl was one of the last battles of the movement phase of the Korean War. Outpost Bunker Hill saw the Marines fighting off attacks…