- Address: 525 Ongnyeon-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Established Date: September 15, 1984
- Established by: Ministry of National Defense, City of Incheon
- Managed by: Incheon Landing Operation Memorial Hall
- Facility Type: Memorial Hall, Monument, Statue, Outdoor Exhibitions
- Site Size: 24,347m2
- Monument Size: Memorial Hall 1,793m2, Monument H. 18m
- Home Page: www.landing915.com
A one-story building with a floor space of 1,788m2 was built on a 34,043m2 plot to commemorate the Incheon Landing Operation. Standing half-way up the 150 meter Cheongyongsan Hills in Songdo, the granite memorial features two rectangles in symmetry. Displayed inside the memorial are historical exhibits that tell the story of the operation. Outside, an 18 meter-high monument tops the center of the building, while flagpoles fly the flags of the 16 UN nations involved in the operation. The site includes an outdoor exhibition hall, auditorium, and parking lot. The Korean War was in full swing when General MacArthur led the Incheon landing as commander of the United Nations Forces in Korea on September 15, 1950. The code-named “Operation Chromite” clearly reversed the overall tide of the war. The UN forces flew constant air sorties starting from September 4 and did not stop until the landing on September 15. On D-day, 261 battleships and 70,000 soldiers gathered near Deokjeokdo to begin the operation. The courageous US 1st Marine Division, ROK Marine Corps, US 7th Infantry Division, and ROK 17th Infantry Division successfully made the landing at the seawall, which experiences severe differences between ebb and high tide. They first captured Wolmido, an island roughly 1 km off the coast of Incheon. The troops took Incheon on the 16th, then marched eastward, defeating the North Korean army. On the 28th, they recaptured the capital city of Seoul. Thus the ROK Army and United Nations Forces surged past the 38th Parallel and provided a decisive opportunity to go northwards.
