Korean War, 1950-1953

Destroyer Escort U. S. S. Higby comes alongside U. S. S. Mt. McKinley to pass message dropped by Navy Plane enroute to Korea.

Enemy tanks captured by United States troops from Communist led North Korean invaders, somewhere in Korea.

One of four American soldiers of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Division, company unknown, found midway between the forward observation post and the actual front line. Cameraman's caption states that the men were probably captured the night of July 9th and then shot. Most of them were shot through the head with their arms tied behind their backs. Along with them was a variety of equipment burned and destroyed.

United States gun crew fires 105 Howitzer gun in action against the Communist led North Korean invaders, somewhere in Korea.

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.

Boxes of Russian hand grenades taken north of Seoul, Korea, during the Korean War.

Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command Airlift Airbase, Japan. Rolling across the world's only airlifted pontoon bridge, are these veteran U. S. Eighth Army Troops. Airlifted from Japan by huge troop carrier aircraft of Feafs Combat Cargo Command, this bridge has become the key crossing point on the Han River where United Nations Forces are driving north in pursuit of North Korean Reds. Three bridges which had previously spanned the Han, were completely destroyed by Air Force, Navy and Marine Fighter Bombers.