Korean War, 1950-1953

Lonnie Carberry of Waco, Texas (left), World War II veteran, visits Korean War veterans to build morale and show that you can lead a productive life in spite of handicaps. Mr. Carberry is a bilateral arm amputee and is a member of the Amputee Demonstration Team. The Korean War veteran in the bed is unidentified.

The Civil Aeronautics Administration Air Terminal at Wake Island where President Harry S. Truman met with General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. (Same as 98-1171 in Album - Oct. 11-18, 1950) From: The Album - A Memento of the Visit of the President of the United States - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October to 16, October, 1950

Secretary of State Dean Acheson tells the nation over a national network, that the world will watch the Chinese Communists in Korea and in the United Nations and will decide whether they represent China or are dupes of others.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson (right) went before a joint meeting of the Senate-House Foreign Relations Committees to report on the crisis talks of President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister Clement Attlee (of Great Britain). Their talks deal with the Korean War. He is shown here with committee member Senator Brien McMahon (D. Conn.).

Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in a speech to the nation, says that the United States desires peace and is seeking to negotiate peaceably (in the Korean War), but if the actions of Communist China and other nations shows this to be impossible, the United States will meet force with force.

The 24th Infantry Division of the Eighth Army enters Taejon on 28 September, returning to the scene of their earlier battles.

A Navy Corsair leaves the flight deck of the U. S. S. Philippine Sea as the tempo of the air offensive increased. This was taken during the Korean War.

The Marines move toward the front at once, in the Korean War, to assist in stabilizing the United Nations line.

Infantrymen fire the 3.5" rocket during the Korean War, highly effective against enemy.

Convoys move toward Pyongyang as part of a general withdrawal after United Nation's attacks disclosed the presence of overwhelmingly large Chinese forces, during the Korean War. Refugees can be seen in the fields.