Operation Tomahawk
Operation Tomahawk | |||||||
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Part of Korean War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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China North Korea | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frank S. Bowen | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,437 12 | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
19 killed, dozens wounded, one C-119 destroyed | 136 killed, 149 captured |
Operation Tomahawk was an
Operation Tomahawk was the other half of the plan. This operation was designed to drop the 187th RCT about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the then current front line. They did so,
One hundred twenty C-119s and C-46s dropped 3,437 paratroopers of the 187th RCT and 12 officers and men of the Indian Army 60th Parachute Field Ambulance (PFA) near Munsan-ni in the second largest airborne operation of the war.[4] The 187th Regiment airborne were also known as "Rakkasans", a Japanese term translating to "falling parachute man".[5] This marked the first time 105 mm howitzers and other heavy equipment had been successfully dropped. One C-119, possibly hit by enemy bullets, caught fire and crashed on the way back.[6]
Operation Tomahawk was the second and last United States airborne operation during the Korean war.[3] The United States Army would not have another full scale combat jump until 1967 during the Vietnam War, known as Operation Junction City. [7]
References
- ^ "India-ROK Defence Relations". Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Korea War Casualty database". Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ a b "Operation TOMAHAWK; The Last Airborne Operation of the Korean War". U.S. Army Pacific. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Korean War Timeline - 1951". Archived from the original on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ^ "Operation TOMAHAWK; the Last Airborne Operation of the Korean War".
- ^ https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/1000korea/
- ^ "Battlefield:Vietnam | Timeline". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
External links
- A period piece written by Time on 2 April 1951 at Again at the Parallel
- The Korean War in March 1951
- List of operations and code names in the Korean War
- 35th Infantry Regiment in Korea Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine