Sep/Oct 2005 - Korean War Veterans Association

We have here an impressive group of photos of the Inchon Replacement Depot and a narrative to accompany it. They were submitted by Bill Doyle,
270 McNeeley Road, Anacoco, LA 71403-2941.Doyle was stationed with the 8057th Army Unit (AU) Inchon Replacement Depot, located eight miles
northeast of Inchon, in Ascom Valley. He was in Korea from May 1954 – April 1955.
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7. Troops headed home. They had to be transported from the Inchon
seawall to troop ships parked out at sea. The troops were headed
for Oakland {CA} Army Base.
8. January 1955. All departing troops went through this arch. In this
photo, the tide is going out. Notice the mud flats around the
island. All boats but troop barge #539 had to leave before the tide
was out, or they would be grounded on the mud flats.
9. The main street downtown intersection in Inchon in September
1954.
10. Inchon Harbor in the winter of 1954, with the tide out. The harbor
features the second largest tide in the world. The small channel of
water is only 6 feet deep. The tide drops 33 feet!
11. Notice the long metal causeway from the seawall all the way out
into the channel. Most of the causeway rests on mud flats. The
Marines came up this channel during the Inchon invasion in 1950.
All incoming and outgoing troops walked this causeway.
12. An Inchon housing project in October 1954.
The Graybeards September - October 2005