Gimpo International Airport 5 January 1951 General Ridgway ordered the evacuation of Seoul and the withdrawal of UN forces to a new defensive line along the 37th parallel. Units based at Gimpo were withdrawn to the south and facilities were destroyed to prevent their use by Chinese and North Korean forces. UN Forces resumed the offensive again in late January 1951 and launched Operation Thunderbolt on 25 January with the aim of pushing Chinese and North Korean forces back north of the Han River. By 10 February 1951, UN forces once again had control of Gimpo. USAF units based at Gimpo (Kimpo) included:
Gimpo Peninsula is sometimes called an Gimpo island after the construction of Ara Canal, separating the Peninsula with Gyeonggi Province., but it is not an official name in Korea. Gimpo Peninsula Gimpo Peninsula is a peninsula on the West Coast of the South Korea, occupied by most of Gimpo and Geomdan Dong and a little part of Gyeyang District in Incheon. Most part of Gimpo Peninsula consists of plain except its northwest part in Tongjin Eup and Daegot Myeon with low hills. Its east part is a part of a plain named Gimpo Plains with the part across the Han River, containing