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DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (20.6 x 19.4 cm)
Image: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in. (19.1 x 16.4 cm)
Accession Number 2024.150
Classificationsphotograph
Inscriptions86.4 85.1 (u,r graphite) MD-KOR-031 (verso u,l graphite) $1,500 (verso u,l graphite) [illegible] Page 4 x 6 3/8 [illegible] (verso u,l graphite) <- 1 1/3 -><- 2 1/3 -> #1 #2 (verso c,l graphite) #2 (verso u,c graphite) At right, a North Korean prisoner grinned happily after his capture by marines near Kimpo airfield, north of Seoul. —AP 9-22-50- (verso c printed on pasted paper and graphite) K W — prisoners NK (verso u,r graphite)
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This North Korean prisoner makes no bones about his joy at being captured with a whole skin. The smiling red was taken by United States Marines near Kimpo airfield north of Seoul, September 22, 1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Marines Get Ready for POW Release: United States Marines string barbed wire near Freedom Gate bridge in Korea to help channelize an estimated 22,000 anti-Communist prisoners of war if they are released as scheduled at 12:01 a.m. January 12. Officers of the United States Eighth Army said they are prepared for “any eventuality” and can handle a disorganized rush southward by the POWs if it materializes. The Neutral Nations Repatriation commission is trying to achieve agreement with the Communists and the United Nations command on what to do with the prison-weary veterans in the Anti-Red camp, January 8, 1954
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Near Taegu, Korea: South Korean soldiers receive bayonet instruction from members of the United States 7th Cavalry between battles against the North Korean forces. Free time available is spent in this fashion to help make the South Korean a better soldier for combat, August 30, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Eighth Army Headquarters: Korea: Performing a feat virtually unparalleled in military history, twelve helicopters airlifted a United States Marine battalion of about 1,000 troops (0ctober 11) to Korea’s east-central front where American tank columns drove deep into Red territory on both sides of “Heartbreak Ridge.” Marines are pictured here alighting from one of the helicopters shortly after landing, October 16, 1951
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Wonsan, Korea: Marine Corps troops assemble on the beach before moving northward in pursuit of North Korean troops. Part of these Marines have been used in mopping up bypassed North Koreans who are making guerrilla attacks near Wonsan, October 31, 1950
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
GI’s Take Koje Today: Businesslike GI’s, well-armed for their day’s work, march along a road on Koje Island with a large North Korean flag which they had just taken from prisoner-of-war compound 85. The enemy banner is one of the many symbols of defiance ordered removed the troublesome prisoner enclosures on the South Korean island, site of the largest Allied prisoner concentration, June 9, 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
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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
Operation Prisoner Exchange: This is the receiving area at Panmunjom, Korea, where United Nations POWs are being released by the Communists. At left, the Communist ambulances unload the United Nations soldiers and at right, the American ambulances which take them on to Freedom Village, near Munsan, April 22, 1953
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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sariwon, Korea: Civilian police guard North Korea Communists captured in the city. The prisoners have their hands tied behind their backs and huddle together for warmth. Just what will become of the prisoners in the event of further withdrawals is not unknown, December 12, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
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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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