U.S. Army

Members of the 24th Infantry Division, first United States ground units to reach the front, go into action against North Korean forces at the village of Sojong-Ni, near Osan. At right is Private First Class Kenneth Shadrick, who was killed by enemy fire a few moments after this photo was made, thus becoming the first United States soldier to die in the Korean campaign.

Ground troops of the United States Army board a transport plane at a Japanese Air Base for shipment to Korea.

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (center) and members of his staff appraise the terrain conditions near Seoul, Korea. The general flew from his Tokyo headquarters of make an on the spot appraisal of the situation developing in the communist North Korean invasion of the South Korean Republic.

An American C-54 Military Aircraft burns on a South Korean landing strip after being strafed by Communist North Korean fighters.

A 5 x 7 formal portrait of General George C. Marshall. From: Beth Gore

Unidentified people stand outside a TWA airplane receiving packages for Margaret Truman's food relief program. From: A leather bound album of ten 8 x 10 photos showing Margaret Truman participating in a brief program in which a token shipment of relief food was placed aboard a TWA Constellation bound for Paris, France.

PFC Paul Cecil mans a rocket launcher as PFC Junior Coram loads a rocket on a ridge in the Chigong-Ni area of South Korea. Both men are from the 35th Infantry regiment.

A pigeon, "G. I. Joe", son of Kaiser". He was featured in the inaugural parade. From an album of inaugural photographs.

Kaiser a World War I pigeon, captured from the Germans. He was featured in the inaugural parade. From an album of photographs of inaugural events.

Virginia float in inaugural parade. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.