With a bold stroke of military genius the C in C UN Command, General Douglas MacArthur, reversed the fortunes of the beleaguered UN forces by withdrawing the Ist Provisional USMC Brigade from the Pusan perimeter to form the 1st US Marine Division (I Mar Div) at sea with two Regimental Combat Teams (or Brigade Groups) and HQ elements brought from the States. This fine Division made an amphibious landing at Inchon on 17 September 1950 and went on to seize the South Korean capital of Seoul. Simultaneously United Nations forces broke out of the Pusan perimeter. North Korean resistance started to collapse and their forces began to withdraw North of the 38th parallel.
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