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DimensionsSheet: 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (17.1 x 21.6 cm)
Image: 5 5/8 x 8 3/16 in. (14.3 x 20.8 cm)
Accession Number 2024.157
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsEH-KOR-086 (verso l,l graphite) $2,000 (verso l,l graphite) 17805-us (verso l,c red pencil) 101 pm Om (verso c graphite)
MarksREF. DEPT. 10_13'50 N.E.A. (verso u,l blue stamped ink)
Naktong River: Patton tanks of the 24th Division cross a tributary of the Naktong River on pontoon bridge as engineers work to build a more permanent structure in background, September 23, 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
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
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
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
South Korea: Tea time is an important time for the British in peace or war. Here four of them take time out to enjoy a cup. They are left to right: Pvt. Harry Cross, London, England; Cpl. Alfred Caswell, Chester, England; and Cpl. Leonard Whitley, London; and Pvt. Bill Harris, London, September 2, circa 1950-1952
c. 1950-1952
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
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
South Korea: Cpl. Francis Dickey, Miami Beach, Florida, shows his injured hand and damaged rifle after treatment in ambulance near the front lines. Cpl. Dickey advancing behind cover of a tank, was hit when sniper fire struck his rifle shattering the trigger housing. Fragments from the trigger lodged in Dickey’s right hand, August 11, 1950
1950
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
North Korea: Two mechanics S/Sgt. Ronald Kemp (left) of Plattsburg, New York, and Sgt. John Munro of Medord, Massachusetts work in the bitter cold to salvage parts from the engine of a wrecked Corsair plane, November 22, 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
South Korea: British soldier take advantage of a small stream near their bivouac area to do their laundry, September 2, 1950
1950