Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.

[BravoZulu]

War Is Hell.

Good looking rooster there @Willie King

 

[Conhoon]

Airborne troops of the 187th Regimental Combat Team ("Rakkasans") board a C-119 "Flying Boxcar" of 314th Troop Carrier Group for their drop behind enemy lines north of Pyonyang, Korea.

It took place on 20th October, 1950 as part of an airborne assault on the North Korean towns of Sukchon and Sunchon which laid 48km north of Pyongyang. The mission objective was to cut off an estimated 30,000 retreating North Korean soldiers and rescue US Prisoners of War believed to be with those forces.

Departing from Kimpo Airfield near Seoul, this was the first operation in the history of the airborne that paratroopers would be dropped from C-119, and the first time heavy equipment would be dropped into enemy territory. During this operation 4,000 men, 600 tons of equipment and supplies were dropped. These included twelve 105 mm howitzers, 39 jeeps, 38 1/4-ton trailers, four 90 mm antiaircraft guns, four 3/4-ton trucks, as well as ammunition, fuel, water, rations, and other supplies.

Once airborne, the planes fell into formation over the Han River and began their journey towards the drop zones, supported by US fighter aircraft which rocketed and strafed the ground in preparation for the landings. Lt. Col. Ronald Speirs and the rest of the 3rd Battalion were parachuted into Drop Zone William – which laid southeast of Sukchon. Once on the ground the paratroopers moved south and took up defensive positions on the low hills south of Sukchon where they established roadblocks across the highway and railway.

Though the airborne drop itself was a success and the town of Sukchon seized, roads and railroads blocked, no prisoners were rescued. Many prisoners – carried in a train concealed in a tunnel as the 187th RCT jumped into the area, were shot by the North Korean soldiers guarding them. The American paratroopers were subsequently ordered to return to Pyongyang.
(http://www.ronaldspeirs.com/military/korea/)

(Source - NARA FILE#: 111-SC-35149)

 

[Conhoon]

Members of E Troop, 2nd Squadron, Special Air Service (SASR) perform a final equipment/weapons check before embarking on 9th Squadron RAAF helicopter to location.
Team will be inserted to set up ambushes or concentrate on gathering information including VC bases location and strength.
(note: M79 Grenade launcher and L1A1 Self Loading Rifle (SLR).
Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam. March 1968.

Photographer- Bob Coveney(190th AHC)
( 190th US Gunship escorts for 9th Squadron)

 

[santana]

US soldiers of the 9th Infantry Division wade through marshland during a operation on South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. April 1967.

 

[morris]

Men of the 5th and 7th regiments, U.S. 1st Marine Division rest on the road during their withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir area in North Korea, December 1950. (Photo courtesy of National Archives And Records Administration)

 

[morris]

mash unit korean war

 

[Conhoon]

Men of the Mariniersbrigade (Dutch Marines) rests after the hard fight against Indonesian nationalists in Lumajang, East Java during the first police action also known as Operation Product, 22 July 1947.

 

[Conhoon]

Men of the 3rd Ranger Company, 3rd Infantry Division, adjust their gear before undertaking a dawn patrol across the Imjin River, Korea. 17 April 1951.

 

[santana]

LRRP with the 101st Airborne Division, US Army, Vietnam ca. 1960s.

 

[Willie King]

This particular image is of Corporal Willie King from the 16th Aviation Group photographed outside of Chu Lai, Vietnam, January, 27, 1970. Where the Army was now using the base after the US Marine Corps had departed that same year.

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Corporal King has a pretty interesting story. King enlisted into the US Army in June of 1968, volunteering for Airborne & Pathfinder School. Attending AIT at Fort McClellan, then being deployed to Vietnam in March of 1969. Where he would arrive at Cam Ranh Bay when the US base was being attacked by mortars. When he arrived in Vietnam, King was originally assigned to the 4th Infantry Division as a pathfinder. At the time was actually the only African American pathfinder in the entire division, while in country at the time.

Towards the end of his time in the Army he would earn the Bronze Star for assisting in recovery of a helicopter that was shot down along the Cambodian Border. In May of 1970 when the US launched the incursion to Cambodia, King was one of the many American servicemen that took part in the incursion. This time being assigned to 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry.

During the incursion King was responsible for an LZ coordinating aircraft, coming in and out. During this he eventually had to egress after being cut off from friendly forces during the engagement around the LZ.

Towards his final time in Vietnam he would be assigned to the 173rd Airborne for the remainder. Eventually returning home while escorting a fallen friend back stateside. He was discharged in June of 1971. Many years later King would later be interviewed in July 23, 2019 where he gave a more detailed account. Which can be found on West Point's Center for Oral History.

Still Here.

 

[morris]

US Marines running past the body of an enemy soldier on the Korean Peninsula, September 1950.
Photographer - David Douglas Duncan

 

[nobitadaidamvn]

a hmong minority girl in sino Vietnam war , militia / border guard and a production division ( which later turn to active division in late 1978 when the Chinese start become more aggressive in the border ) was the main force fighting the Chinese in 1979 , ruin they fast plan to drive down to ha noi and buy time for C130 , C124 , CH6 , AN24/26 and soviet AN12 which flew our troop from the south / Cambodia back to ha noi to defend the capital which the Chinese start to withdrew when they see they time table was not meet ( too slow => they know ha noi will be defend by battle test division that return from the south and Cambodia ) the picture say a lot about our culture and country we may not be from same ethnic ( which we have 54 ethnic ) we may not speak the same language , but once the country are invade we become one and united to fight the external force , there are no such thing as woman or men there only Vietnamese ( there are old folk say when the enemy come to the house woman also fight )

 

[Conhoon]

Weighted down with sundry items ranging from guns and trench shovels to a radio set, Sgt. Derrick Deamer, left, and Pvt. Clem Williams wear full battle gear as they chat on the British sector of Korea's Naktong River front in South Korea on Sept. 14, 1950. Both are with British forces fighting with United Nations' troops against the Chinese Communist troops. (AP Photo/GH)

Derrick Deamer having joined the Army as a volunteer in 1942, he was part of the Normandy landings in the Second World War. He then served as a guard at Buckingham Palace before his Middlesex Regiment was sent into Korea on August 25, 1950.

In November 1950 Sgt. Deamer was injured when a piece of shrapnel hit him in the foot. But after three weeks in Seoul Military Hospital he was back fighting, and stayed in Korea until the summer of 1951.

"We all got a lifetime of experiences we could never forget. It's something I would never wish anyone to experience."

 

[Conhoon]

Flashlight shot of Dutch troops mainly from the V-Brigade, on their way to Tjilatjap during The First Police Action in Central Java. 27-28 July 1947.

The Stuart tank probably belongs to 6th Eskadron Vechtwagen KL (Royal Netherlands Army)

 

[morris]

Colourised photographs of British troops fighting during in the Malayan Emergency that claimed 10,000 lives.



Amazingly, the battle was never branded a war due to insurance purposes.
The prevalent rubber plantations and tin-mining industries had pushed for the use of the term ’emergency’ instead, since their losses would not have been covered by insurers had it been called a ‘war’.

 

[Conhoon]

M26 Pershing & Sherman tanks and crews of the US 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion await orders to board the LST's at the Pusan Docks, Korea. circa mid- to late-1950

 

[Conhoon]

US 155mm Howitzer firing during night action in the Korean War. October 22 1952

 

[Conhoon]

Pipe-Major Don McKinnon playing the bagpipes with Drummer George White and Corporal Arthur Easton in the slit trench in front.

 

[Conhoon]

U.S. Marines in Seoul, Korea, September 1950

Weapons shown in this pic;
M1 Garand rifle
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR)
M1 .30 caliber semi-automatic carbine

(Photo source - David Douglas Duncan Papers and Photography Collection)
David Douglas Duncan was "The Marine who carried a camera instead of a rifle.”

 

[Conhoon]

Turkish Army Infantry Brigade arrival at Pusan, Korea, October 1950.

The advance party of the Turkish Brigade arrived in Pusan on 12 October 1950. The main body arrived five days later, October 17 from the eastern Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, Turkey, and the brigade went into bivouac near Taegu where it underwent training and received U.S. equipment. The brigade was attached to the U.S. 25th Infantry Division.

On 29 June 1950 the government of the Republic of Turkey replied to the United Nations Resolution 83 requesting military aid to South Korea, following the attack initiated by North Korea on 25 June. The cable stated: "Turkey is ready to meet his responsibilities." On 25 July 1950 the Turkish government decided to send a brigade of 5,000 troops comprising three infantry battalions, an artillery battalion and auxiliary units, to fight under UN Command against North Korea and subsequently the People's Republic of China. Turkey was the second country to answer the UN call, after the United States.

(Colorised by Murathan Yilmaz from Turkey)