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DimensionsSheet: 7 1/8 x 8 15/16 in. (18.1 x 22.7 cm)
Image: 6 11/16 x 8 7/16 in. (17 x 21.4 cm)
Accession Number 2024.155
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsEH-KOR-039 (verso l,l graphite) $2,000 (verso l,l graphite) R1948 (verso l,l graphite) EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU BELOW [illegible] ON A HILLTOP [illegible] SURROUNDING TERRITORY [illegible] AWAITS FIRING ORDERS. [illegible], SO MANY OF WHICH HAVE [illegible] OF THE NORTH KOREAN [illegible] PHOTO BY ED HOFFMAN 8/16/50 (PS) (verso c purple ink printed on pasted paper, paper is ripped and there is only half of the original text)
MarksACME N Division of [illegible] 6th AVENUE, [illegible] DIVISION OF [illegible] Please Credit [illegible] THIS PICTURE IS SO[illegible] PUBLICATION ONLY AN[illegible] SYNDICATED OR USED FOR[illegible] WITHOUT WRITTEN PE[illegible] BY ACCEPTING THIS P[illegible] TO HOLD ACME HARMLES[illegible] DAMANGE ARISING BY REA[illegible] PUBLICATION OF T[illegible] (verso u,c black stamped ink, majority of stamp is covered)
South Korea: Below… shed on a hilltop… surround territory… awaits firing orders… dotted with typical… so many of which have… defense of the North Korean …, August 16, 1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Chester Simmons (left) Bloomfield, Montana, and Cpl. Arthur Medeiros, Providence, Rhode Island, carry land mines which will be planted in the Chingdong-Ni sector below Masan, September 5, 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
South Korea: Sgt. F.C. Samuel Naples of Babylon, Long Island, New York, (left) and Capt. Rex Neal, Arcadio, Ohio, set a time fuse on a 90 mm shell for an air burst over North Korean positions on the Masan front, August 28, circa 1950-1952
c. 1950-1952
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: South Korean Army officer, right, writes the name and unit of a retreating South Korean soldier, July 16, 1950
1950
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
1950
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
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
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Pfc. Ralph Jobelius (left), Iron Mountain, Michigan, and Pfc. Steve Spisak, Cleveland, Ohio, dig in beside their 3.5 rocket launder on the South Korean battlefront, August 6, 1950
1950
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
1950
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
1950