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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97109

North Korean Railroad Train


"Navy Interdiction -- Carrier Task Force 77 pilots from the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) hit this train, inflicting heavy damage and leaving the train totally wrecked during a strike over North Korea."
Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 21 February 1952.
Note snowy conditions.

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

Online Image: 127KB; 710 x 645 pixels

 

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15 November 1999