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KOREAN WAR PHOTO-DOCUMENTARY

History of the Korean War in annotated combat photos organized by major phases

The Foundation of Freedom is the Courage of Ordinary People

Visual History

Preface

Navy KW Photos

Combat Photos by Year

Aussie KW Photos

Pusan

Inchon

Time Line

China

Stalemate

PUSAN PERIMETER BATTLE

Army Overview

Map of Korea

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Invasion Map

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NK Invades - 6/25/50

East Central Asia Map

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Pusan, 7/50, UN Entry port

Exhausted ROKs - 7/1/50

Lambs To The Slaughter

ROK wounded - 7/28/50

34th Infantry, 7/6/50

19th Infantry at Taepyong-ni

Bombed Out T34s

5th Marines Mount Out

155 Howitzers in Battery

Death From The Skies

Bowling Alley - 8/21/50

Marines at the Naktong

Rescue under fire

Navy Corpsmen at work

Bombed Out T34's

Hill 99, 9/2/50

M-46 Patton - 90mm HV

T34 Burns from M-26 Hit

31 Days On The Line

M-24 Chaffees at Masan

Another Murdered GI

One of the Murderers?

More Murdered Civilians

MASH - Hot Lips?

Still More NK Murders

North Korean Nurse

Captured NK Weapons

Sanctuary for murderers?

76mm Self Propelled Guns

INVASION OF INCHON

Army Overview

The Fighting Wantuck

Inchon - Assault on Wolmi-do

Marines mop up Wolmi

Wolmi-do Gunpit

Securing the causeway

Red Beach under fire

To A Posthumous MOH

Red Beach Captured

1st Marines Hit Blue Beach

MacArthur and a few Marines

T34s on the Road to Seoul

1st Marines take Yongdungpo

On the road to Seoul

Return to the Han, 9/50

Rescue Under Heavy Fire

Seoul, Captured NK Barricade

Rescue under sniper fire

Clearing a tunnel

Anti-Sniper Action

CHINA STRIKES Army Overview of this phase
ROKs cross the 38th	Wonsan Harbor, 9/50	China crosses the Yalu
British Troops in pursuit	Danish Hospital Ship	Airborne Trapped
Kumchon Pocket	Pyongyang, October 19	First into Hyesanjin
The Chongchon River	The Terrible Cost Continues	Wonsan, 10/26/50
Marine Pilot's Luck Ran Out	1st Phase Offensive	CCF124 faces 7th Marines
In The West	China Strikes	Unsan, 11/1
Army Prisoners	China Hits ROK 1stID	Marine Prisoners
CCF 38th Army Waits	CCF 42nd Army Infiltrates	CCF 39th Corps Waits
1stMarDiv Moves Into Chosin	Generals tour the Yalu	Home By Christmas
China Attacks, 11/25	American Armor Flees	Pursuit in the West
Yudam-ni, BattnAid	Hagaru-ri, East Hill	Marines Pull Back
Yudam-ni Rear Guard	Task Force Faith - Slaughter	Corsair Napalm Strike
CCF Recapture Pyongyang	North Korean Refugees	Negro Prisoners
3rd Div. Artillery Support	Stalled, 12/6/50	Koto-ri Breakout
Destroying Roadblock 12/50	Another Roadblock	Hungnam, Safety
Last Troops Evacuated	Warehouse Areas Destroyed	GoodBye

COUNTER-ATTACKS, STALEMATE, THE OUTPOST WAR

Army Overview of this phase

1/1/51 - The Fatal Step

China Captures SK Capitol

China crosses the Han

5th RCT Moves Toward Han

Hoengsong, 11-13 Feb

Captured M46 Patton

Operation Killer

Operation Ripper

Drive to the 38th

187th RCT at Munsan-ni

CCF Fifth Phase

Drive to trap 24th Infantry

After Retreat From Imjin

Inferno From The Air

CCF Cross the Chau

A kind of victory

Truman opted to stop further pursuit and destruction of the CCF and NK armies in favor of truce negotiations which began July 10, 1951, resulting in a stalemate until they ended July 27, 1953.

In retrospect, with the huge Chinese Manchurian reserves and the nuclear power of the USSR still menacing and untapped, this was probably a wise decision. But ....

While those talks dragged on, half the military casualties of the War were suffered.

Lingering Regrets

An Aussie Infantryman, Korea 1951-53
Royal Australian Regiment

The Australians were among the best UN fighting men

"Life" in the trenches

Iron Triangle, July 3, 1951

Bloody Ridge, 9/51

A Visit To The Hinge

Commonwealth POWs

Underground Wall Of China

Glass against iron

Transfer at Sea

Wounded during patrol

Fate of a Patrol

Reviewing Assault Plan

Patrol Gearing Up

Punchbowl, February 1953

CCF MultiTube Rockets

Safe in Manchuria

Famous CCF Sniper

77 Squadron Meteors

"Die like a gentleman"

Devastating arty support

White Horse Hill

Marking bunkers

Grave for UN prisoners

Vertical Envelopment

25 Infantry Division Bunkers

Bloody Nevada Cities

Summary of Armistice Negotiations

Army Overview of this phase

"No Sweat", a B29 and Crew

Observations on the Korean War by an Australian Platoon Leader

Danse Macabre
Kaesong, July 8, 1951

UN POW "Olympics"
Propaganda in the North

Koje-do POW Riots
Chaos in the South

Cease Fire, At Last

July 27, 1953

Golden Bond

A Stolen Memory

Tech Rep

Nerds at War

Souvenirs

Lest We Forget

        KOREAN WAR TIME LINE

     Tanks and Fighting Vehicles

               Enemy Weapons

     Korean War, 1950-1953

  Map and Battles of the MLR

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