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

[NebrHogger]

Marines unloading beer at Chu Lai Airport, 1965. This is a Spanish brand of beer, “San Miguel,” which is also currently sold and was also produced in the Philippines at the time.

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All I recall having in northern I Corps was Carling Black label - in rusty cans.

 

[Kadir93]

An American H-21 flying over South Vietnam.

 

[santana]

US Army in Vietnam 1968

 

[santana]

Long Range Patrol Team Viet Nam, September 19, 1969.

 

[NebrHogger]

US Army in Vietnam 1968

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Notice the C-rat matches on the guy's helmet. Once wet or damp, they were worthless.

 

[santana]

Photos of Captain Edmund L. Valentine out of A-109 (Troung Duc) c. 1970

Note the tigerstripe tailor mag vest visible in two of the photos.

 

[santana]

Charles David Brasier was born on July 4, 1947— He lived out the meaning of that day through service with the 173rd Airborne Brigade as a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) soldier in Vietnam.

On July 14, 1969—just ten days after his 22nd birthday—Brasier was killed in action while operating deep in hostile territory. LRRP teams took on the most dangerous missions: small teams, miles behind enemy lines, gathering intelligence, calling airstrikes, and surviving on silence, speed, and sheer nerve.

 

[Conhoon]

US Soldiers Walking in Line Along Hill 11-2-1968 Phu Loc.

 

[Conhoon]

May 22, 1967
U.S. Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, crouch in the cover of a pagoda entrance as their patrol moves through a village along the Ben Hai river in the southern sector of the DMZ in South Vietnam.
The pagoda walls are richly decorated with images of dragons and snakes.
(AP Photo/Kim Ki Sam)

 

[Conhoon]

Korea. January 1953. With temperatures at night below freezing, the morning sunshine makes a lot of difference to a tired soldier. Marks of fatigue and cold show clearly on the face of Lance Corporal C. R. (Chilla) Moran of Collingwood, Vic, as he has a morning cigarette after a night's patrolling with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). (Jamestown Line Area)
(Photo source - Australian War Memorial - HOBJ3958)

 

[Conhoon]

ISU-152 positioned at Üllői Street and József Boulevard, Budapest, October 30, 1956.

Known as the “Zveroboy” or “Beast Slayer,” the ISU-152 could destroy heavy tanks and fortified positions alike.

 

[santana]

Two 1st Special Operations Squadron A-1H Skyraiders escort an HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter in 1971.

 

[santana]

From @BravoZulu

Soldiers from 9th Infantry Division wade through marshland during a operation on South Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. April 1967

 

[santana]

Operation Dexter (May 4 – 6, 1966) was a search and destroy operation, conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade (USA), in Phuoc Thanh Province.

 

[Conhoon]

Thanks @BravoZulu

Privates John Joyal, Henry Hayward and Donald Beebe of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry steady themselves after mortar platoon training near Miryang, February 1951.

 

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Thanks @BravoZulu

Shark-mouthed U.S. Air Force North American F-51D Mustang fighters of the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing at Chinhae airfield, 1951

 

[Conhoon]

In the photograph we see a scene from the set of the film “Orzeł” directed by Leonard Buczkowski (1959), depicting shots filmed in a port. In the foreground stands a Polish Navy submarine ORP Sęp, used in the film to portray the legendary ORP Orzeł. On deck, sailors – actors dressed in authentic navy uniforms – can be seen preparing the vessel for further operations.
In this scene from the film “Orzeł”, the filmmakers recreated the dramatic moment of the submarine ORP Orzeł being disarmed after its internment in the Estonian port of Tallinn in September 1939. The image shows sailors unloading torpedoes from the vessel under the supervision of port authorities, symbolizing the loss of the ship’s combat capability. This sequence captures both the tension of the historical event and the determination of the Polish crew, who soon after staged their daring escape, making ORP Orzeł a legend of World War II naval history.

 

[Conhoon]

The Polish minesweeper ORP Tur moored alongside the submarines ORP Krakowiak and ORP Ślązak with the destroyer ORP Wicher in the background.

The vessels are docked against the backdrop of Rostock's Stadthafen. The prominent red-brick building immediately behind the ships is the historic Kleiner Speicher.

 

[Conhoon]

U.S. Army gunner (crouching foreground), fires an M20 75mm recoilless rifle. They are fighting near Oetlook-tong, Korea, in support of infantry units directly across the valley. June 9, 1951.

By the end of June the battle lines near the 38th parallel would change little in the remaining 2 years of the Korean War.
Colorized by Doug

 

[santana]

US Navy Seals with Tiger Stripe Cammo in Vietnam

U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air & Land) served in Vietnam between 1962 and 1972, primarily in the Mekong Delta. Operating in seven man teams, they were typically well camouflaged and carried a tremendous amount of firepower. In addition to their offensive operations SEALs also trained and advised their Vietnamese counterparts, the Lien Doc Nguoi Nhia, and supported LDNN coastal missions in North Vietnam. The SEALs fearsome appearance and extraordinary combat success prompted the Viet Cong to nickname them "Devils with Green Faces". Three Navy SEALs were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in Vietnam: Joseph Kerrey, Thomas Norris and Michael Thornton.


A tiger stripe clad SEAL team member in the Mekong Delta keeps guard with a Stoner 63A Commando during Operation Bold Dragon III.
Photo taken: March 1968

Members of a SEAL team man their weapons as they prepare to come ashore from a Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC).
Photo taken: October 1968

U.S Navy SEALs and South Vietnamese troops disembark from a PBR to assault Viet Cong positions on Tan Dinh Island in the Mekong Delta during Operation Bold Dragon III.
Photo taken: March 1968

SEAL team members board a Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC) for transportation to their operation site.

A camouflaged U.S. Navy SEAL armed with a Stoner 63A Commando watches for movement in a wooded area along a stream.

Petty Officer 1st Class and SEAL Team One member Sam Fournier wears grease paint as he keeps watch from a landing craft on the Bassac River.

SEAL team members wearing a variety of camouflage clothing check their weapons as they prepare to conduct an operation from a riverine craft. Photo taken: October 1968