Korean War, 1950-1953

General James A. Van Fleet, left, and Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond, former 10th Army Corps Commander, snapped at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing today where they were questioned about the recent serious ammunition shortage in Korea. The Committee is trying to fix the blame for the shortage. From: Beth Gore.

General James A. Van Fleet, 60-year-old former 8th Army commander, told Congressmen this morning that the Korea deadlock is a sit-down of our own choice. Van Fleet, appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, also suggested the draft term be lengthened from its present two years "to 30 or 36 months." In this double photograph, on the right, Committee Chairman Dewey Short (R-MO) greets Van Fleet upon arrival at the hearing, and left is Van Fleet as he testified. From: Beth Gore.

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.

President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation, spelling out the steps the nation will take to meet the danger of further communist aggression at this time of the Korean War. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman (center) congratulates Master Sergeant Hubert L. Lee (left) of Leland, Mississippi, and Sergeant First Class Joseph C. Rodriguez (right) of San Bernardino, California, after presenting Medals of Honor to them for valor on Korean battlefields. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with former Corporal Charles Farber of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Farber, pictured with his fiancée, Helen Baker, is the once unknown Corporal "X" who saved the life of Medal of Honor winner Captain Raymond Harvey after Harvey had been critically wounded on the Korean battlefront. From: Arthur Marasco.