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All the units had been badly shaken psychologically, as just three weeks before the battle began, these men were all in Japan living the luxurious and easy life of occupation troops. That life had been permanently shattered for them all.
Few, however, realize the decisive moment of the war came three months after Inchon, amidst the most brutal cold wave imaginable, at a place called the Chosin Reservoir. American arrogance and bigotry forfeited what could have been a spectacular strategic victory. Our current nuclear standoff with Kim Jong-un is, in large measure, the bitter fruit of that failure.
The Korean War is technically still ongoing today, and the lessons born from the conflict remain as relevant as ever.
U.S. leaders were shocked this time.
The situation was dire and tenuous from the start.