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Photo #: 80-G-348292

Occupation of Korea, September 1945


Harbor of Jinsen (Inchon), Korea, photographed from a USS Intrepid (CV-11) aircraft, as Allied forces land there to begin the occupation of southern Korea, 8 September 1945.
Wolmi-Do island is in the lower right, below the airplane wing, with a causeway connecting it to Inchon city.
A U.S. Navy submarine chaser (PC) is the larger vessel in the upper center. Landing craft are maneuvering nearby.

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

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2 March 1999