From: VBE Email address Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 1:11 PM Subject: 2ESB KOREA THE 2ND ENG. SPECIAL BRIGADE WAS A SMALL UNIT THE OPERATED LCM (LANDING CRAFT,MEN). AS I REMEMBER, WE MADE THE LANDING AT INCHON IN 1950 (BEFORE I JOINED THE UNIT) AND THEN STAYED THERE TO RUN THE PORT. AS MENTIONED IN A EMAIL FROM WILLIAM BYRNE, THEY PARTICIPED IN REMOVING THE MARINES OUT OF HUNGNAM AFTER THE CHIANESE ENTERED THE "WAR". AGAIN, THIS WAS PRIOR TO MY GETTING THERE SO I HAVE NO FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THAT OPERATION. I JOINED THEM IN APRIL 1951 AND WAS IN KOREA WITH THEM UNTIL OCTOBER 1950 WHEN WE MOVED BACK TO YUKOSAKA JAPAN, FOR ADDITIONL TRAINING. I LEFT THEM IN JANUARY 1953 WHEN I CAME HOME ON EMERG. LEAVE.