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

The Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950 -- Final Embarkation & Demolition, 24 December 1950

On Christmas Eve afternoon, after loading the rear guard and remaining port operations personnel, the Hungnam evacuation was ended with a "bang!" Protecting troops pulled back toward the beach at 1100 hrs. and were all loaded by just after 2 PM. A few minutes later, the demolition order was given and Hungnam's waterfront erupted in a spectacular blast, wrecking the port's facilities and those supplies that had not been worth loading.

This page features views taken on the last day of the Hungnam evacuation, 24 December 1950, during final embarkation and the demolition of port facilities.

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 #: 80-G-424424

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    LCVPs race away from the Hungnam waterfront at the end of the evacuation, 24 December 1950.
    There appear to be some 23 LCVPs in this photograph, some with the letter "W" painted on their bow ramps.

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

    Online Image: 140KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424297

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    USS Begor (APD-127) stands offshore, ready to embark the last U.N. landing craft, as demolition charges wreck Hungnam's port facilities, 24 December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 580 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-11769 (Color)

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950

    Demolition charges destroy Hungnam port facilities and remaining U.N. supplies at the conclusion of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950.
    USS Begor (APD-127) and a motor launch are standing by offshore.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-11770 (Color)

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950

    Hungnam's port facilities and remaining U.N. supplies are blown up, at the conclusion of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950.
    USS Begor (APD-127) and a motor launch are standing by in the foreground.

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

    Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 510 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-K-11771 (Color)

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950

    Smoke rises over Hungnam's port area, as facilties and remaining U.N. supplies are demolished by explosives on the final day of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950.
    USS Begor (APD-127) and a motor launch are in the foreground.

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

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-426403

    Hungnam Evacuation, December 1950


    USS LSMR-404, in center, and USS Begor (APD-127) stand by as U.N. forces demolish Hungnam's port facilities at the conclusion of the evacuation, 24 December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 103KB; 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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    11 August 2000