First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez USMC leads the 3rd Platoon Company A 1st Battalion 5th Marines over the seawall on the northern side of Red Beach as the second assault wave lands 15 September 1950 during the Inchon invasion. Wooden scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt. Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes while assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine carried by Lt. Lopez M-1 Rifles of other Marines and details of the Marines’ field gear.
