The first part of this book covers the role of US aircraft carriers
and aircraft in stopping the North Korean initial push to the south
and also their role in the famous Inchon Landing and Pusan
Perimeter Break out. The last part of the first chapter deals with
naval operations during the Marine's Chosin Reservoir march to the
sea in December 1950\. The book goes on to describe the
stabilization of the front lines after the Chinese had entered the
war during 1951\. At this time, the emphasis for naval air
operations is centered on interdiction behind the lines. The focus
is on trying to stop road and rail traffic from re-supplying the
communist troops and allowing them to build up to a major
offensive. Also, it includes the entry of the F2H Banshee into
carrier operations which gave the USA four major types of aircraft
to wage the war. During 1952 most carrier air groups spend their
time off the coast of North Korea while hitting targets up along
the Yalu River. This puts them well within the range of the
MiG-15's. Navy F9F Panthers were used as top cover while the
Corsairs and Skyraiders went after major targets such as the dam
complexes up river and marshalling yards north of Pyongyang. During
1953 naval air operations were stepped up in an effort to get the
communists back to the truce talks. The number of MiG-15's had
grown to a figure many times that of the UN for overhead
protection. The deep missions were more dangerous than ever and the
Chinese brought in state of the art anti-aircraft automatic
weapons. The number of sorties flown by the US Naval aircraft
increased over the previous year's record numbers. The war ended on
July 27, 1953.
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