Korean War, 1950-1953

Eight inch guns of the U.S.S. Toledo fire on military targets on the East Korean coast during the Korean War.

Signal Corps photographer Lieutenant Frank Winslow operates motion picture camera near the front.

A 155 MM Howitzer crew keeps up a steady barrage to slow the enemy advance during the Korean War.

Private First Class Merrill E. Bagley, Waterboro, Maine, of "C" Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, electro-welds main supports on this temporary rail bridge being constructed across the Han River, Korea.

Computer photo in color of President Harry S. Truman (center in blue suit) greeting General Douglas MacArthur (next to Truman) on Wake Island when they met there on Oct. 15, 1950. The other people are unidentified, although the donor stated that Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General Omar Bradley are in the picture. The picture was taken by Edward E. Swofford who was Station Operations Manager at Wake Island for Pan American World Airways at that time. The photo was copied from a slide that had not been stored adequately and had deteriorated from the humid salt air.

Snapshot taken in Korea of soldiers on a hill under enemy fire. From: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot of three unidentified soldier's standing in front of a building. From: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot taken in Korea of an American soldier crouching behind rocks at the edge of a river while using binoculars to survey the site of a bridge that had been destroyed. From: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot taken in Korea of an American tank named Honey Bucket and a truck with soldiers standing on and around the vehicles. Donor: Brenda Thompson.

Snapshot taken in Korea of an unidentified soldier holding a rifle on a North Korean prisoner sitting on top of a truck. From: Brenda Thompson.