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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Inchon Supporting Forces, 15 September 1950

This page features views taken on board U.S. Navy ships supporting the Inchon landings.

For a special image selection on the Inchon Invasion, plus links to additional pictures of that Operation, see:

  • The Inchon Invasion, September 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: 80-G-420011

    USS Toledo (CA-133)


    Crew of one of the ship's 40mm quad gun mounts stands ready during the Inchon Invasion, circa 15 September 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 615 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 96989

    USS Toledo (CA-133)


    Three Hospital Corpsmen relax on board Toledo during a lull in the Inchon Invasion action, circa 15 September 1950.
    These men are (from left to right): Bob Hays, Jack R. Allen and Stephen J. Lazorchak.
    Note: Life vests, white helmet with red cross, and red cross armbands.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     


    For a special image selection on the Inchon Invasion, plus links to additional pictures of that Operation, see:

  • The Inchon Invasion, September 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    11 October 1999