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DimensionsSheet: 7 1/8 x 8 15/16 in. (18.1 x 22.7 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (17.1 x 19.7 cm)
Accession Number 2024.151
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsEH-KOR-002 (verso l,l graphite) $2,000 (verso l,l graphite) 17 805 us (verso c,r red pencil)
MarksREF. Dept 7 17'50 N.E.A. (verso u,l blue stamped ink) "ACME TELEPHOTO" THIS PICTUREIS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US. ACME NEWSPICTURES, CHICAGO BUREAU TRIBUNE TOWER, CHICAGO, ILL (verso l,l black stamped ink)
South Korea: First American battle casualties receive first aid after being wounded in the fighting at the Korean battle front. These men were evacuated by train and plane to hospitals in rear, July 9, 1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: An American first aid map treats a wounded United States soldier at front line aid station. The wounded are evacuated by litters carried on jeeps to hospitals in the rear, July 10, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: American wounded in battle in South Korea are evacuated by jeeps and litter from the front line. They pass a column of troops being moved up to the front. One man is going into battle well shaved as he soaps his face, July 10, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
An American soldier, wounded in the fighting on the Korean battle front is carried to a helicopter for evacuation to a hospital in the rear, August 11, 1950
1950
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
1950
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
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
Flame Thrower for Korea: Somewhere in Korea: The first flame thrower seen in Korea is readied for action in the Yongdong area. Carrying the 72-pound load is Cpl. Coy Atkins of the First Cavalry Division, July 29, 1950
1950
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
1950
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
Blast Scatters Dead and Wounded: injured Vietnamese receive aid as they lie on the street after a bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, March 30, 1965. Smoke rises from wreckage in background. At least two Americans and several Vietnamese were killed in the bombing. Vietnamese father (left) searched for his child
1965
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: With a lull in the battle 155mm artillerymen (background) take a refreshing dip in a nearby stream, July 13, 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