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This page features images related to Korean War ground operations from 25 January through 30 June 1951, and provides links to further pictorial coverage of that subject.
For views of close air support of troops on the ground during this period, see:
For access to other views of the stabilization period of
the Korean War, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
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Photo #: SC 357227 Korean War Ground Combat Personnel of Companies A and K, 35th Infantry Regiment, keep a sharp lookout for movement in the Communist-held area in the background, as U.N. forces bombard the vicinity with white phosphorous shells. Photograph is dated 1 February 1951. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 97049 Korean War Psychological Warfare "Harry Jieong, a South Korean, appeals to the Chinese Communists through a loud speaker of the 3rd Infantry Division Psychological Warfare Team working with the 1st Battalion, 15th RCT, close to the front lines. 12 February 1951." Quoted from the original photo caption. Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97043 Chipyang, Korean Members of the 545th MP Company, 1st Cavalry Division, bring in three Chinese Communists at Chipyang, Korea, 27 February 1951. Soldier at right is holding an M1C sniper rifle. The man driving the prisoners has a Thompson submachine gun. There are several apparently dead Chinese at the left. Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 188KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97162 U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 "Packet" transport aircraft, of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) Fly in formation over a Fifth Air Force base in Korea, March 1951. "These cargo transports are headed for a drop zone northwest of Seoul with paratroopers and combat gear for a jump to cut off fleeing Communists as they try to escape into North Korea." (quoted from original caption). Two other "Packets" are parked on the airfield. They are C-119C models, with USAF serial numbers 49-119 (left) and 49-120 (right). The mission was "Operation Tomahawk", which dropped the U.S. Army's 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team at Munsan-Ni on 23 March 1951. Location is probably Taegu airfield, takeoff base for the operation. Plane in the left distance is a C-46. Official U.S. Air Force Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 85KB; 595 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97037 U.S. Marines on patrol in Korea A crewman watches from a M-26 tank supporting patrolling Marines as they advance through mountainous Korean terrain. Photo is dated 23 April 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97041 "Outdoor Advertising: Korean Style" "Marine Corps Leathernecks with the 1st Marine Division in Korea are subject to outdoor advertising of a not particularly persuasive type these days. As enemy positions are overrun, signs such as the ones in this photograph, taken by Marine Corps Combat photographers, are found. It's a new kind of recruiting for the Communist Peoples Volunteer Force -- but Communist recruiting officers reports are strangely silent as to the success of the current campaign." Quoted from the original caption released with this photo by Commander, Naval Forces Far East under date of 11 May 1951. Note the Marine's goggles and M-1 carbine. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 125KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97198 Korean War Helicopter Medical Evacuation, 1951 "Navy corpsmen prepare three Marines wounded at Kari San Mountain for evacuation by helicopter to a rear area hospital, 23 May 1951." (quoted from original caption) Helicopter is a Marine Corps Sikorski HO3S. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 595 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97040 "Dusty Season in Korea" "These Republic of Korea troops move into the line from Wanjin, Korea in a cloud of choking dust that characterizes the discomfort of all troops operating in Korea today." "This photo was taken by U.S. Navy Combat Camerman on the way to join the Marine Corps in the beleagured hills of Korea in the Chinese Spring Offensive campaign." Quoted from the original caption released with this photo by Commander, Naval Forces Far East under date of 24 May 1951. The U.S. Army truck carrying the ROK troops also appears to be towing a wooden pole. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 138KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97137 "Period of Tenseness on the Front" "Silhouetted against the late afternoon Korean sky, Marine PFC Wm. E. Lunsford, ..., scans suspected Communist ground for signs of enemy activity. Cease fire rumours do not slow down the U.S. Marines in their relentless drive to secure bloody 'Punch Bowl' Valley in Korea." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 2 July 1951. Note tripod-mounted camera in the background, binoculars and M1 rifle. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 54KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97081 "PERIOD OF TENSENESS ON THE FRONT" "A shallow North Korean stream provides a natural washtub for the 1st Marine Division Leatherneck as he takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to clean off the dust and grime of battle. In the background, UN truck moves up with supplies for the front." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces Far East, under date of 2 July 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 135KB; 505 x 765 pixels |
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For views of close air support of troops on the ground during this period, see:
For access to other views of the stabilization period of
the Korean War, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
8 October 2000