[60] CG 1stMarDiv msg to All Units, 0752 11 Oct 50; Smith, Notes, 373.
[61] 1stMarDiv SAR, annex RR (hereafter 7thMar SAR), 9; Smith, Notes, 399, 409; 1stMar HD Oct 50, 3.
Broken down into seven embarkation groups, the landing force and X Corps troops leaving Inchon comprised a grand total of 1902 officers and 28,287 men. Of this number, 1461 officers and 23,938 men were on the rolls of the 1st Marine Division, the breakdown being as follows:
| Marine officers | 1119 |
| Marine enlisted | 20,597 |
| Navy officers | 153 |
| Navy enlisted | 1002 |
| U. S. Army & KMC officers attached | 189 |
| U. S. Army & KMC enlisted attached | 2339[62] |
[62] 1stMarDiv Embarkation Summary, 16 Oct 50; and “Special Report 1stMarDiv,” 12.
Even in the last stages of loading and during the actual departure, new orders had continued to flow out of higher headquarters. It will be recalled that General Smith issued his OpnO 16-50 for the Wonsan assault on 10 October. An alternate plan, to be executed on signal, went out to subordinate units the same day, providing for an administrative landing by the Division on RED Beach, north of Wonsan, instead of Kalma Peninsula.[63]
[63] 1stMarDiv OpnO 17-50, 10 Oct 50.
As a result of discussions during a X Corps staff conference on 13 October, a party headed by General Almond flew to Wonsan the next day.[64] The purpose of his visit was to reconnoiter the objective and to explain his latest operational directive to the I ROK Corps commander, who would come under his control.[65] This new order, published on the 14th, called for an administrative landing by X Corps and a rapid advance westward along the Wonsan—Pyongyang axis to a juncture with EUSAK. Assigned to the 1st Marine Division was an objective northeast of Pyongyang, the Red capital.[66]
[64] “... Division [1stMarDiv] Advance Parties were flown to Wonsan in accordance with a definite plan which materialized just before we set sail from Inchon. As a matter of fact the personnel for these parties and even some of the jeeps were already loaded out and had to be removed from the shipping prior to our sailing.” Col A. L. Bowser, Comments, n. d.
[65] CG’s Diary Extracts in X Corps WD, 10–25 Oct 50; Smith, Chronicle, 59.