Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok, right, poses with U.S. President Donald Trump's close aide John Mark Burns in Washington, Sunday. Courtesy of Incheon Metropolitan City

Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok invited U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to the 75th anniversary event for Operation Chromite slated for September, the city official said Tuesday.

Operation Chromite was the code name for an amphibious assault on the port city of Incheon during the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command.

According to the official, the invitation is expected to be delivered via Trump's close aide, John Mark Burns.

“The historic significance of Operation Chromite is similar to Operation Overlord,” Yoo said in the invitation letter. Operation Overlord was the code name for the Allied Forces' Normandy Invasion in World War II.

“This will display the strong bond of the Korea-U.S. alliance if President Trump comes to the event.”

Yoo met Burns on the second day of his four-day trip to the United States.

“Operation Chromite is of historic significance since the United Nations Command managed to reverse the war situation and retook Seoul during the Korean War,” Yoo said during a meeting with Burns.

“Not many Korean War veterans are still alive now. Incheon Metropolitan City wants to express a token of gratitude for their sacrifice before it is too late.”

Burns said he would do his best to invite Trump and Vance to the event.

Yoo also met Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Cho Hyun-dong on the first day of the trip.

During his meeting with the ambassador, the mayor said he also plans to invite leaders of the eight United Nations members who fought in the Korean War as well as U.S. governors and veterans for the commemoration event.