Photos UN Forces in Korea

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June 25, 1950, the UN condemns the North Korean aggression in South Korea and demands its withdrawal.
On July 22, the decision was taken to commit a French battalion to an international force.

 

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Canada:
Lieutenant Jean Riffou and privates Fernand Boucher and Normand Dufresne of the Royal 22nd Regiment (The Van Doos) man a machine-gun post, June 1953. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA132636

 

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October 1950. A signaller from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) at work.

 

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Korean War. c October 1951. Vickers machine gunners from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), give supporting fire to the Battalion's C Company as it moves up to eject Chinese defenders from a hill. This action was part of the 1st Commonwealth Division's spearhead of the United Nations October offensive. Photo by Sergeant Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOBJ2436]

 

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Iwakuni, Japan. March 1950. Warrant Officers J. Flemming and M. Garroway of No. 77 Squadron flying their P-51D Mustang fighters. Come July they would be flying operations in the Korean War.

WO Flemming was Mentioned In Dispatches during Korea as was WO Garroway, both of 77 squadron RAAF

 

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Canada:

 

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Men of the Netherlands Battalion fire an M2 .50 calibre machine gun onto enemy positions northeast of Yanggu, South Korea. C. 1951

 

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1951. Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 fighter/bombers flying off HMAS Sydney (R17).

 

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Sergeant Wedei Huizen of the Dutch detachment of the UN forces in Korea preparing to return sniper fire. Photo taken by Charles H. McGirk, Sergeant, United States Army

 

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HMAS Warramunga, HMCS Nootka and HMS Cockade tied to a mooring bouy at a southern Japanese port (presumably Sasebo), after "an extended period of operations in Korean waters", c. May 1951.

 

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New Zealand gunners assigned to Easy 4, 163 Battery "still looking fresh after a strenuous nights work on the gun". Korea, 17 July 1952.

 

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1951. A Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 of the 20th Carrier Air Group landing on the flight deck of HMAS Sydney. This aircraft belonged to either No. 805 or No. 808 Squadron RAN.

 

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May 1951. North American F-51D Mustangs of 2 Squadron, SAAF, attached to the USAF's 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing.

 

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25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953. Soldiers of 'Old Faithful' 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), in action against communist forces.

 

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June 1951. Australian infantrymen of 3 Battalion (3RAR), Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), ride on the front of a Centurion tank from the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, which is taking them to their positions north of the Imjin River.

 

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US 2ID arrives in Busan from Fort Lewis, WA 1950

 

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Hawker Sea Fury of No. 804 Squadron launched off HMS Glory during the Korean War, June 1951

 

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Trooper Andy Parenteau of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) sleeps on the back of a Canadian Sherman M4A3(76)W HVSS tank, Korea. Note the American ration box and United Nations/Canada crest on the tail

 

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Soldiers of the 1st Battalion the Gloucester Regiment taking up defensive positions along the Imjin River in Korea on May 9, 1951. The Battalion held the line for three days against overwhelming Chinese forces and prevented an ROK and a US division from becoming encircled

 

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UK
L/Cpl Mick Griffin in his entrenched position with his Browning M1919A1 .30 calibre machine gun, date and location unknown