With their backs to the sea, the UN forces fought desperate see-saw battles with the North Korean Army all around the Busan Perimeter throughout August of 1950. The tide begins to turn at the Invasion of Incheon, in which UN troops made an amphibious assault on the east coast near Seoul, well behind the battle front.

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Aug. 5-19, 1950- First Battle of the Naktong Bulge

Aug. 7, 1950- North Korea takes Cloverleaf Hill and Obong-ni at Naktong Bulge

Aug. 16, 1950- North Korea breaks ROK army line 15 miles north of Taegu

Aug. 17, 1950- North Koreans execute 36 U.S. POWs at Waegwan, South Korea

Aug. 17, 1950- US Marines fail to retake Obong-ni; 2 assaults, 60% casualties

Aug. 18, 1950- President Rhee moves S. Korean government to Busan

Aug. 18, 1950- US retakes Naktong Bulge

Aug. 19-24, 1950- Battle of the Bowling Alley, US/UN forces halt NKA advances

Aug. 27-Sept. 15, 1950- Fighting all along Busan Perimeter

Sept. 15, 1950- Marines land at Incheon, well behind NK lines, near Seoul

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