evening, u.n. forces attempted first landing. due to the extreme tides initial wave of soldiers had to hold the beaches until the seas rose against 12 hours later. >> weeks of preparation and practice have gone into thrust that catches red koreans by surprise. >> we got every break there was, tides were right, and surprise and mccarture put ashore about 75 thousand men who blasted inland and threat inned to cut off whole north korean army. >> nightfall, beach was secure. delivered everything that macarthur promised. after two more weeks of fighting, u.n. forces recaptured seoul.