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DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (15.6 x 24.1 cm)
Accession Number 2025.176
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
1950
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
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Somewhere in Korea: American infantrymen move to new positions along the Kum River as one of the biggest battles of the war shapes up in the vicinity of Taejon, July 19, circa 1950-1952
ca. 1950-1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
This bridge across the Imjin River, built especially to carry United Nations convoys to Kaesong for the cease fire meetings also serves as a diving board and shelter for a swimming pool MPs in foreground are posted to see that non unauthorized personnel cross the bridge, July 19, 1951
1951
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
1950
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
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Intérieur d'un port, from the set "Six Marines"
Eugène Isabey
1833
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Environs de Dieppe, from Six marines
Eugène Isabey
1833
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Algues Marines (Seaweed)
Pierre Roche
ca. 1895
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Souvenir de St.-Valéry-su-Somme, from the set "Six Marines"
Eugène Isabey
1833
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Boats, from "Suite d'huit Marines"
Stefano Della Bella
1634