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Confusing Army and Air Force reference[edit]

Even thought it is referenced, I find this statement very difficult to believe: "Several hundred fighter-bombers of the Fifth Air Force were positioned just off the coast aboard the USS Valley Forge and the USS Philippine Sea". The U.S. Navy's Task Force 77, commanded from the USS Valley Forge, carried U.S. Navy air groups on each of its two carriers, not U.S. Air Force aircraft. In addition, the two carriers would have carried, at most, two hundred aircraft (100 per carrier), not "several hundred". The author of the statement may be confused by the fact that the USS Valley Forge carried Carrier Air Wing Five, while the U.S. Air Force aircraft in the region were under the Fifth Air Force. Darkstar8799 (talk) 18:34, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've clarified this to indicate that aircraft were off the coast and aboard the carriers, since many of the USAF aircraft were in Japan. —Ed!^(talk) 15:48, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yongsan references are wrong?[edit]

The references to Yongsan must be wrong, but I don't know what is the correct location (yet, at least). The only Yongsan I can find is way up by Seoul, and since this is way down south, it must refer to something else, a typo on the Army's part. wbfergus 15:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The changes between English and Korean are always an issue, the Yongsan referred to in the article is actually Yangsan about 40 minutes north of Pusan on the Nakdong river (the name is spelled Yangsan, Yongsan, and even Yeongsan depending on the transition and the forms that are used.

Winterrider (talk) 13:26, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image Bias[edit]

Every single one of the pictures of troops is of US forces. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.106.45.147 (talk) 01:30, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have been looking for more sources of images, but the only ones I can use without copyright violation are those from the US Army + government sources. If you can find more images we can use for the other side, please let me know where! Thanks, —Ed!^(talk) 03:46, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bias much[edit]

It wasn't just American troops that died in the battle a lot of Korean and British soldiers also died. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davido488 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I recently corrected this. Unfortunately it took scanning through paper clippings to find any answers. Only a small number of British troops were casualties though, comparatively. —Ed!^(talk) 03:49, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Official British history did not report significant combat activities for Commonwealth forces until September 20, yet by then the Pusan battle had already ended...me think someone has taken himself a tad bit too serious. Jim101 (talk) 01:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Map needed[edit]

May I respectfully submit that an article on the Pusan Perimeter that lacks a map of the entire peninsula (thus providing context to the area of which the article speaks), is not only doing a disservice, but is missing the whole frigging point. 98.82.84.209 (talk) 17:50, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added two maps of the entire peninsula. —Ed!^(talk) 18:01, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks, kind Ed. 98.82.84.209 (talk) 23:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Non-American UN Forces at Pusan[edit]

There's evidence given for UK forces in combat at Pusan. However, the reference given for Commonwealth and Dutch participation just says they contributed some ships at one point, without giving any detail as to their role or when they arrived on-station. I looked for detail on the Canadian contribution and I found that a group of three destroyers was sent, but the only info I can find indicates that they might have participated in escorting troops to Pusan for no more than twelve days at most (perhaps; the info also mentions that at least one ship wase held in reserve for rescue purposes), but never fought there. The Australian ground forces arrived immediately after Pusan; the Canadians in December; New Zealand in January. I can find no info whatsoever on the Netherlands, other than that they wound up in Korea eventually. Australian No. 77 Squadron definitely participated, so Australia fits.

Is there any grounds at this time for listing New Zealand, Canada, and the Netherlands as combatants in this battle? Palindromedairy (talk) 11:46, 6 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]