This page features views of Wonsan operation commanders taken at the time of that undertaking.
For a special image selection on the Wonsan Landings, plus
links to additional pictures of that operation, see:
For views of other aspects of the September-November United
Nations' offensive in Korea, 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."
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: 80-G-422376 Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander, Seventh Fleet, Major General Edward M. Almond, U.S. Army, Commanding General, Tenth Corps, and Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, USN, Commander, Task Force 90 Confer aboard USS Missouri (BB-63), off Korea, prior to the invasion of Wonsan. Original photo is dated 2 November 1950, but was probably taken in mid-October. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-668794 Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN (left), Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Far East, and Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, USN, Commander, Seventh Fleet On board USS Missouri (BB-63), off Korea on 18 October 1950, during preliminary operations for the Wonsan invasion. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421480 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Far East (at left), is greeted at Wonsan airfield by Major General Field Harris, USMC, Commanding General of the First Marine Air Wing, 19 October 1950. Elements of the Wing had arrived at Wonsan by air on 13-17 October. Flight operations were sustained by aerial resupply until the landing beaches were opened on 26 October. Note MGen. Harris' shoulder holster and ammunition for a .38 caliber revolver. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 96KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For a special image selection on the Wonsan Landings, plus
links to additional pictures of that operation, see:
For views of other aspects of the September-November United
Nations' offensive in Korea, 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."
Page posted 31 October 1999
Minor caption correction 17 January 2003