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

Logistics & Support Activities in Japan, June-December 1950 --
Scenes Aboard Ship and Ashore.

This page features views aboard ship and ashore in Japan, showing Korean War logistics and other support activities from June to the end of 1950.

For additional images of Korean War logistics efforts in Japan during 1950, see:

  • Logistics & Support Activities in Japan, June-December 1950.

    For more pictures of the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • The North Korean Offensive, 25 June -- 15 September 1950;
  • The United Nations' Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950;
  • 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 other aspects 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 96951

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)


    Liberty party boards a motor launch to go ashore, as the carrier was replenishing at Sasebo, Japan, during a break from Korean War operations.
    Original photo is dated 23 August 1950.
    This view looks forward from amidships along the ship's port side. The deck-edge elevator is visible in the upper left.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 130KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96903

    USS Toledo (CA-133)


    Crewmen bring eight-inch powder charges aboard from a barge alongside, at Sasebo, Japan, circa July-October 1950, while Toledo was engaged in Korean War combat operations.
    This photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 October 1950.
    Note ship's after eight-inch triple gun turret trained on the starboard beam, and aircraft crane and hangar hatch cover at the stern.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 137KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96905

    USS Toledo (CA-133)


    Eight-inch shells and powder charges on a barge alongside the starboard quarter, as Toledo replenished her ammunition supply in Sasebo Harbor, Japan, after combat operations off Korea, circa July-October 1950. Crewmen are carrying the powder cans into position to be hoisted aboard the cruiser.
    This photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 12 October 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 171KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97050

    Korean War Psychological Warfare


    "SFC Furl A. Krebs loads an M16M1 cluster adapter at the FEC {Far Eastern Command} Printing Plant, Yokohama, Japan. The bomb type adapter will contain 22,500 (5" x 8") psychological warfare leaflets. 1 November 1950."
    Quoted from the original photo caption.
    Leaflets all appear to be written in Korean.

    Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 80KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 94616

    Martin PBM-5 "Mariner" Patrol Bomber

    (with the nickname "HOTOGO" painted on its bow)

    Is hoisted on board USS Curtiss (AV-4) in the Korean War zone, 8 November 1950.
    At that time this plane, and others from Fleet Air Wing 6, were engaged in anti-mine patrols off the Korean coast.
    Note twin .50 caliber machine gun turret fully trained to starboard, with guns depressed.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Aviation History Branch, Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-424756

    USS Buck (DD-761)


    Ship's crew holds a Christmas party for underprivileged Japanese children from Yokosuka, December 1950.

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

    Online Image: 124KB; 595 x 765 pixels

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

     


    For additional images of Korean War logistics efforts in Japan during 1950, see:

  • Logistics & Support Activities in Japan, June-December 1950.

    For more pictures of the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • The North Korean Offensive, 25 June -- 15 September 1950;
  • The United Nations' Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950;
  • 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 other aspects 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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