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aizKeix]® On a hot, humid day late in July we steamed slowly into Inchon ' s outer harbor. Because of the shallowness of the harbor proper and the tremendous tides (which average nearly thirty feet, with currents of as much as six knots), we lay at anchor for the next five weeks The HAVEN was at first unable to accept patients brought in by helicopter, unlike the REPOSE and CONSOLATION, which had been modernized with the addition of flight decks. However, this was remedied within a day or two by taking two surplus pontoon barges, about fifty by one hundred forty feet — which had been employed as supply barges — and mooring them on either side of the ship with the longer dimension extended laterally. These were equipped with warning lights, small wind directional indicators, and fire-fighting equipment Jacob ' s ladders and a temporary gangway provided ready access to the platforms and patients were hoisted aboard with the ship ' s litter hoists. By this means we were able to accom- modate more helicopters than with the conventional flight deck, and at one time, no fewer than four of these ungainly-looking machines were perched on Hamblett Field and Zikmund International Airport, the bosu Df the ' Flight So a new call was added to the reportoin Quarters, Starboard Side! And nc and the departure of REPOSE, action flared on the fighting front and casualties began arriving, first a trickle, then a steady stream, and finally a flood. Whirly-birds dropped down on our landing platforms at all hours bringing seriously wounded Marines to us within minutes after they had been hit, Boatloads of less seriously wounded patients, brought by train to Inchon, arrived at least once a day and the operating rooms were kept busy twenty-four hours a day. During our five weeks at Inchon, 1200 casualties were received, nearly 160 of them by helicopter. Everyone worked long, seemingly endless hours and every time it seemed impossible to contmue more patients appeared and hidden reserves of energy were tapped, somehow to carry on a little longer. At last things quieted down, the load became a little lighter, and we were able to pause, take a breath, and look back at what we had accomplished. Then we recalled the words RADM Broaddus, Fleet Medical Officer. Pacific Fleet, had told us months before when he visited us in Pusan: When it ' s over, you will be proud to have been there. We were, and we are.
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