Korean War, 1950-1953

Scene at a railroad yard in Seoul, South Korea. Note artillery shells, debris, etc. in foreground. Severance Hospital, bombed by the North Koreans, is to the right.

North Korean prisoners captured as 1st Marine Regiment moved into Seoul, South Korea, September 27, 1950.

Seoul, South Korea burning during the early stages of the Korean War.

The remains of nine North Korean boxcars, once loaded with ammunition. They had been heading for Seoul, when hit by Air Force B-26 bombers, near Susaik, South Korea.

General Frank Lowe looks over anti-aircraft guns placed by the enemy in Pyongyang, North Korea. These weapons were near a monument commemorating the North Korean liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945.

General Walton Walker and General Douglas MacArthur at the Pyongyang, Korea air field.

North Korean tank burning in Pyongyang, Korea.

North Korean prisoners watched over by an American soldier just outside Pyongyang, Korea.

President Harry S. Truman during the broadcast in which he urged the proclamation of a national emergency because of the situation in Korea.

From left to right, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Douglas MacArthur (the back of his head), Admiral Arthur Radford, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Omar Bradley at Wake Island. President Truman is presenting a citation to General MacArthur. Others in the background are unidentified.