Wolmi-do Facts
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- The typhoons that hit the area prior to the Inchon invasion were:
- Typhoon Jane - which came through Kobe, Japan, on September 2
- Typhoon Kezia - which hit the Korean straits on September 12
- Four ships actually took troops in to capture Wolmi-do. They were:
- Fort Marion LSD 22 - Commander Noah Adair Jr.
- Diachenko APD 123 - LT Commander James R. Wilson
- Horace A. Bass APD 124 - LT Commander Alan Ray
- Wantuck APD 125 - LT Commander John B. Thro
- Destroyers that participated in the action at Wolmi were:
- Mansfield - Commander Edwin H. Headland Jr.
- DeHaven - Commander Oscar B. Lundgren
- Lyman K. Swenson - Commander Robert A. Schelling
- Collett - Commander Robert H. Close
- USS Gurke - Commander Frederick M. Radel
- Henderson - Commander William S. Stewart
- The only casualty of the bombardment at Wolmi-do was Lt. (jg) David H. Swenson, who was killed by a
flying fragment when the enemy shelled the Lyman K. Swenson. The destroyer had been named after his
uncle.
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