On 17 September 1944, the naval task force under Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy lands Army troops on Anguar, Palau Islands, supported by Navy carrier aircraft.
On 15 September 1950, landing ships and transports began disembarking the 1st Marine Division at Inchon for Operation Chromite, the first major armed conflict of the Cold War.
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