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

[BravoZulu]

Aug 1958, sailors enter the German Federal Navy U-HAI (ex Type XXIII U-2365). Scuttled in 1945 and raised in 1957 to join the post-war Kriegsmarine. In Sep 1966 foundered in Dogger Bank in a gale, 19 of the 20 crewmen were lost, one of the worst German Navy disasters post-WW2

 

[santana]

Ace Cozzalio was an attack helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, piloting OH - 6 and Cobra helicopters, performing two missions of duty, winning all possible medals in the United States Army, except the medal of honor, He was referred six times and many of the aircraft that he flew due to damage suffered during combat were deemed useless and could not be flown again. He was characterized by wearing the cavalry hat, saber and yellow scarf, from then on a proud tradition of the squad to which he belonged.

 

[Conhoon]

Marines assisting captured, wounded Indonesian officer in Plumbungan, Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. August 1946. Note the Japanese shin-gunto on the left.

Photographed by Wilmar, Hugo A.
Netherlands Institute of Military History

 

[Conhoon]

In the 4th of December 1970, Lieutenant James Collier Buchanan performed a heroic action which would see him awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing a disabled patrol boat which was drifting close to enemy positions near U Minh, and was in danger of being captured.

Buchanan joined the RAN in October 1962 as an aircrew officer. He began his flight training in March 1963 and after qualifying as a pilot he was posted to HT 725 Squadron in February 1964.
Following several postings at sea and ashore, Buchanan was posted to the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV), arriving in the Republic of Vietnam in October 1970. There, he became the commander of the Second Lift Platoon, flying daily combat assault missions at the controls of a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in which he routinely came under heavy enemy fire.
On 4 December 1970 Buchanan performed an extraordinary act of flying skill while operating in the U Minh Forest area. While engaged in the medical evacuation of a wounded crewmember from a South Vietnamese patrol boat the group came under heavy attack, with another patrol boat, 50 metres away, exploding following a direct hit from an enemy rocket.
Realising that the boat with which he was operating was disabled and drifting towards the enemy-held shore he pressed the skids of his helicopter onto the deck of the vessel and manoeuvred his aircraft to push the boat to safety. All the while, his aircraft was receiving heavy automatic weapons and 82mm mortar fire. For his coolness, determination and courage under fire in the face of a determined enemy, Buchanan was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Image colourised by @fFlashback Photo Co.

 

[Chazman]

A lucky soldier pulls a piece of shrapnel from his body armor. The vests, where were adapted from World War Two designs using modern materials such as nylon, were supplied to troops from 1952. According to the Quartermaster Museum, they deflected around 75 per cent of all shrapnel and reduced torso wounds by up to 70 per cent, but were much less effective against small arms fire

 

[Chazman]

American troops fire a Browning M1917 machine gun at enemy troops. The weapon was developed for use during the First World War but saw combat all the way until Vietnam, despite much lighter version being developed during that time

 

[Chazman]

A US Marine uses a flamethrower to attack North Korean troops. Mounted flamethrowers were phased out as tank adaptations became more common, before the weapon was unilaterally dropped by the US military. Those using the weapon risked being blown up if the tank was badly damaged by shrapnel or bullets

 

[Chazman]

American troops shelter behind a tank, either a M26 Pershing heavy tank or M46 Patton medium tank. Both vehicles were developed toward the end of the Second World War in order to combat superior German machines, but saw limited service. Instead they were re-purposed for combat in Korea, with the Pershing credited for destroying half of Russian T34s engaged

 

[Chazman]

An American tank equipped with a flame-thrower attacks North Korean positions during the war. The weapon was used extensively by Marines during the conflict in order to flush enemies out of entrenched defensive positions and to destroy natural cover such as trees and other foliage. The weapon is not longer used by the US military, but is not banned

 

[Chazman]

FIGHTING WITH THE 2ND INF. DIV. NORTH OF THE CHONGCHON RIVER, SFC. MAJOR CLEVELAND, WEAPONS SQUAD LEADER, POINTS OUT COMMUNIST-LED NORTH KOREAN POSITION TO HIS MACHINE GUN CREW. NOVEMBER 20,1950. PFC. JAMES COX. MEDIADRUMIMAGES / ROYSTON LEONARD

 

[Chazman]

 

[Chazman]

Seoul, 1950

 

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[Chazman]

The United States first engaged with North Korean forces during the Korean War's Battle of Osan on July 5, 1950. Men are pictured above in battle during the Battle of Inchon

 

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[uktabber]

Great pictures of Korean war mate!!

 

[Chazman]

Great pictures of Korean war mate!!

Thanks!

 

[ao_sepia]

Marines assisting captured, wounded Indonesian officer in Plumbungan, Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. August 1946. Note the Japanese shin-gunto on the left.

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Photographed by Wilmar, Hugo A.
Netherlands Institute of Military History

center,like Wehrmacht's helmet?