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DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7 1/4 in. (20.3 x 18.4 cm)
Accession Number 2025.175
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Battle Casualty: An unidentified United States Marine is aided down slope by two buddies after he and four others were injured by enemy mortar hit on crest of ridge in Naktong River sector of Korean forest, August 22, 1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A detachment of United States marines dig in on side of hill, relax, during lull in fighting. South Korean forces were reported fighting deep inside the 38th Parallel, October 3, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: An American machine gun crew are well prepared for the enemy in the southwest sector of the Korean war zone. Left to right: Pfc. Richard Bowker, Cheyenne, South Dakota; Pfc. Carle Batty, Rock Island, Illinois; and Cpt. George E. Murphy, August, Georgia, August 7, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Cpl. Francis Dickey, Miami Beach, Florida, shows his injured hand and damaged rifle after treatment in ambulance near the front lines. Cpl. Dickey advancing behind cover of a tank, was hit when sniper fire struck his rifle shattering the trigger housing. Fragments from the trigger lodged in Dickey’s right hand, August 11, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anti-Tank Task: South Korea: Pfc. Billie Harrell (left) of Griffin, Georgia, and Pvt. Morgan Hannan of Columbus, Mississippi, lie behind their “tank antidote,” the 3.5 and 2.7 bazookas, on the Naktong River front. Late reports had yanks on the offensive on three Korean fronts, August 14, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Marine tank moves up in the Yongsan sector past the body of a dead American soldier (L), lying on the road where he was hit, September 12, 1952
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marine Leaders: South Korea: Brigade General Edward A. Craig (second from left), commanding General, First Provisional Marine Division, confers with other officers aboard ship prior to the landing of the leathernecks at a South Korean port. Left to right are: Col. E. W. Snedeker, Chief of staff; General Craig; Captain L. D. Sharp, R. J. Lamb, Flagship Commanding officer, August 6, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marines Move on Seoul: United States Marine tanks move up along railroad tracks past wrecked trains in the outskirts of Seoul. Note wrecked bridge across the Han river in the background, September 22, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Lt. Col. Kim Young, Korean Air Force commander, briefs part of the Korean volunteer group before take-off on mission over enemy held Korea, July 25, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Training Pays Off: South Korea: In the rugged, treacherous terrain of Korea, the battle of supply is quite often more important and more violent than the actual combat between men. One unit of the 19th Infantry Regiment, their stones and ammunition shrunken by poor transport and worse roads, discovered a small railroad. Near their position and proceed to make use of it. Utilizing some battered equipment and their own ingenuity, they fashioned an adequate supply line on rails. The tiny railroad was named “Spaulding’s Spur,” after an executive officer in the Regiment. A group of GI’s, aided by some South Koreans, assemble a railroad car from some discarded equipment they found, September 23, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: While Lt. General Walton H. Walker, CG 8th Army looks on, General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, inspects some captured North Korean small arms near the Korean battle front. Collins visited the Korean front to analyze the war’s progress, August 24, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Chow Now? And How!: South Korea: Pfc. Andrew T. Jones of Milton, Florida, and Pfc. Ray Scalf (right) of Elizabethon, Tennessee, enjoy hot chow at forward command post in the Yongdong sector. Troops in the field are now eating hot rations in full quantity. Weeks ago the menu wasn’t so complete, August 3, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Relax Before Battle: Pvt. Raymond Williams (left with banjo), Moberly, Missouri, and Pvt. Bob Clinton (with guitar), Bismarck, Missouri, entertain fellow Americans aboard flat car moving men and equipment to Korean front. Listening are fellow 25th Division men PFC Bill Persinger, (lower center), Dille, West Virginia; Cpl. John H. McKinney (right), Logan, West Virginia; and Cpl. Mack C. Cook (foreground), Altoona, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1950
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