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

[BravoZulu]

HMS Vanguard colourised, unknown author and date.

 

[Conhoon]

Taking cover behind their M4A3E8 Sherman tank escort, one man of this Ranger patrol of the 5th Regimental Combat Team, US 24th Infantry Division, uses his M1918A2 BAR to return the heavy Chinese Communist small arms and mortar fire which has them pinned down on the bank of the Han River.
At left another soldier uses a field radio to report the situation to headquarters.
23 February 1951

(Source - NARA FILE#: 111-SC-358782)

 

[Conhoon]

Marilyn Monroe receives the "Honorary MP of the 25th MP Company" award from, on the left Captain Herbert P. Vallow and 1Sg.Callahan of the 25th Infantry Division Military Police Company, during her visit to U.S. troops in Korea. February 17, 1954

(Colorized by Toussaint Bonavita from France)

 

[Conhoon]

US Marines destroying an enemy bunker, 1st January 1953

(Probably 1st Marines;
".....during the period 6 January through 23 January extensive patrolling was carried out forward of the MLR. Reconnaissance Patrols were dispatched nightly, and listening posts were established during the hours of darkness by all rifle companies.
Four reinforced squad size combat patrols were sent out with the mission of capturing prisoners, killing enemy, and destroying enemy positions and material ..... " (1ST MARINE REGIMENT - 1ST BATTALION - COMMAND DIARY - JANUARY 1953)

 

[Conhoon]

ORP "Kaszub" II (M-100), aground near Krynica Morska, Poland, November 1957.

 

[berkut76]

HMS Hermes, Flagship of the Falklands Task Force, photographed off Ascension Island April 1982. Ascension Island was used as a staging post to sort supplies and logistics onto the various ships of the task force.

 

[Conhoon]

The last UN tanks and military vehicles crossing the bridge over the Han River before it was blown by US Army Engineers, following the Battle of Uijeongbu in South Korea. January 1951

Han River is one of the most important rivers in North and South Korea and flows over Seoul with a length of 494 km. On the other hand, the Battle of Uijeongbu was a four-days offensive starting 1 January 1951, at Uijeongbu, South Korea, which involved the United Nations retreat after the second Chinese offensive after entering the Korean War.

The United States 8th Army was able to withdraw with the help of the brave resistance from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, which was essential to the outcome of the war.

(Colorized by Ben from Cassowary Colorizations)

 

[Conhoon]

A Royal Navy’s Westland WS-61 Sea King, flown by Navy pilot Larry Jeram-Croft, awaits to be picked up by the crew of HMS Hermes after being forced to land in the sea due to a gearbox malfunction. Bristol Channel, August 1978.

Original Larry Jeram-Croft via D. Hatcher

 

[uktabber]

Now that's something you don't see everyday!! What a picture!

 

[santana]

In Choppers whats the gearbox??? sorry for the Question !!!!

 

[Fluff]

In Choppers whats the gearbox??? sorry for the Question !!!!

Same as your car, the bit between the engines and the rotors. Manages 2 inputs, 2 engines, 1 big output, main rotor, one small output, tail rotor.

 

[Fluff]

Now that's something you don't see everyday!! What a picture!

He got a good audience!

when I was in, we said if the pilot survived, it was the engineers fault, if the pilot didn’t survive,it was usually pilot error..

this one would be down to the engineers......

 

[santana]

And sorry to ask again about that picture story. In English its OK to say "to land in the sea"???

 

[downsizer]

And sorry to ask again about that picture story. In English its OK to say "to land in the sea"???

It is, but I guess to be grammatically correct you would say "ditch in the sea". As in "Due to the gearbox failure he had to ditch in the sea".

 

[santana]

It is, but I guess to be grammatically correct you would say "ditch in the sea". As in "Due to the gearbox failure he had to ditch in the sea".

Ok many thanks!!!

 

[Fish&Chips]

IIRC the Sea King was actually built to ditch on purpose, e.g. for SAR missions. The bottom of the cabin resembles a ship's hull, while the wheel housings will act as stabilizing floats.

 

[Royal]

IIRC the Sea King was actually built to ditch on purpose, e.g. for SAR missions. The bottom of the cabin resembles a ship's hull, while the wheel housings will act as stabilizing floats.

Yes - ish.

According to the guys who took us through the dunker at Yeovilton with monotonous regularity they're very top heavy so had a nasty habit of rolling if you ditched on anything other than a millpond.

 

[Conhoon]

Yuri Gagarin and Ernesto Che Guevara in Moscow, 1964

 

[Conhoon]

British soldiers in central Greece, 1948.

 

[uktabber]

That's what I thought....that whole ship bottom fuselage thing was a dream