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

The Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950 -- Shipboard Scenes

This page features views taken on board ship during the Hungnam evacuation, December 1950.

For links to other views of the Hungnam evacuation, see: The Hungnam Evacuation, 10-24 December 1950.

For visual coverage of other aspects of the November 1950 - January 1951 Chinese offensive in Korea, see:

  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    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 #: NH 95597

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    Some of the 14,000 Korean refugees crowded on board the SS Meredith Victory in December 1950, as she transported them from Hungnam to South Korea.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 142KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424434

    USS Eldorado (AGC-11)


    Seaman P.D. Carroll operates a winch on board Eldorado during a snow storm, 22 December 1950. Photographed during the evacuation of Hungnam, North Korea.

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

    Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424634

    USNS Fred C. Ainsworth (T-AP-181)


    Navy surgeons operate on two Korean soldiers, as the transport lay in Hungnam harbor on 16 December 1950, during the evacuation of that North Korean port.
    Photographed by R.A. Schreiber.

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

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 620 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-425452

    USS General J.C. Breckinridge (AP-176)


    A U.S. Marine guards two captured enemy soldiers on board the transport, probably while en route from Hungnam to Pusan, circa late December 1950.
    Note his M1 rifle (with safety in the "off" position), cartridge belt and other gear.
    This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 18 January 1951.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 585 x 765 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-425454

    USS General J.C. Breckinridge (AP-176)


    Captain Fremont B. Eggers, USN, shows Major General David G. Barr the course to another port, during operations off Korea.
    MGen. Barr commanded the Seventh Infantry Division. The photo may have been taken during that unit's evacuation from Hungnam, North Korea, on about 21 December 1950.
    This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 18 January 1951.

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

    Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     


    For links to other views of the Hungnam evacuation, see: The Hungnam Evacuation, 10-24 December 1950.

    For visual coverage of other aspects of the November 1950 - January 1951 Chinese offensive in Korea, see:

  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    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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    3 August 2000