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DimensionsSheet: 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Image: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (14 x 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2024.156
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsEH-KOR-046 (verso l,l graphite) $2,000 (verso l,l graphite)
MarksCLEVELAND PRESS AUG 15 1950 REFERENCE DEPT. (verso l,l red stamped ink)
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
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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: 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: Lt. William Pate, Sedalia, Missouri, talks over radio at advanced communication point near the battlefront along the Kum River as Pfc John Huret, Wellington, Kentucky, digs a fox hole for their outpost, July 16, 1951
1951
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
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: Grim looking supply drivers pictured as they arrived at rear base to load more supplies for front lines. Left to right: Cpl. Johnnie McLeroy, Paducah, Kentucky, and Pfc. Carlton Wright, Herbing, Arkansas, July 18, 1951
1951
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
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
Cold?: With an eye to the future, Pvt. Robert E. Wood of East Liverpool, Ohio (left) and Pvt. Joseph Widger, Norristown, Pennsylvania, make a sweater out of a sleeping bag. Both are members of the 24th Division, South Korea, September 29, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
1950
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