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This page features images related to Korean War close air support activities from 25 January through 30 June 1951.
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Photo #: NH 97106 "Vigil on Korean Ridge Top" "Marine Leathernecks of a Forward Air Control Unit for the U.S. Marines with the First Marine Division in Korea scan the skies from a rugged ridge, on the alert for incoming close-air support planes that continue to hammer at the Chinese Red troop concentrations just a few thousand yards beyond in the rugged Korean terrain." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 1 July 1951. Note backpack radio carried by one Marine, while another wears earphones and holds the microphone. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 121KB; 595 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 97039 Korean War Close Air Support, 1951 Aerial photograph taken by Commander Richard C. Merrick, Commanding Officer, Air Group 19, based aboard USS Princeton (CV-37), circa 11 May 1951, with drawn lines and descriptive text added by photo interpreters. It shows the effect of Navy close air support on Chinese Communist forces engaging U.S. troops northwest of Seoul. For the full caption originally released with this photograph see: Photo #: NH 97039 (extended caption). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 148KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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For other views of land operations 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