Photos UN Forces in Korea

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An unidentified Bren gunner from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), scans the hills from his Bren gun pit, which has been dug into a hillside. Sept 1950

 

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Flying Officer G Thornton of No 77 Squadron RAAF sitting in the cockpit of a wrecked North Korean Yak-9 fighter. Circa 1950.

 

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Tired Turkish infantrymen, resting in a rear area after two days of bitter fighting, still manage to smile for the camera in a photo taken after the Battle of the Nevada Complex in what is now North Korea. The Turkish troops held out against an all-night Communist onslaught until ordered to withdraw from their outposts. May 1953

 

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Corporal Doug Pilcher services a diminutive Daimler Dingo scout car, November 1951.

 

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A recon company of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1950-1951

 

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Hill 614, Sokkong Valley. 23 February 1951. A group of soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), pause for a breather as they haul Corporal Don Wilson down a steep snow-covered slope. Cpl Wilson was wounded in both legs during an assault on Hill 614.

 

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Hawker Sea Fury aboard Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier HMS Theseus prepared for action during a snowstorm while off the Korean coast

 

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Fairey Firefly in action over the Korea

 

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Centurion tanks of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars wait with troops of the 1st Commonwealth Division to cross a pontoon bridge over the Imjin River April 1951

 

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Australian 3 RAR defensive positions on the Jamestown Line, winter January 1953

 

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Men of C Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), at Majon'ni in the trenches of left forward Company position on The Hook after relieving 1st Battalion King's Regiment. The soldier at the back of the group has been identified as Sergeant David Candow, platoon sergeant. 9 June 1953

13 July 1953. This desolate landscape greets the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), as daylight dawns on their long night vigil. The scene, reminiscent of similar trench scenes from the First World War, is part of the notorious Hook feature, the site of many bitter and bloody battles

 

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Unidentified men from B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), moving along a trench to the starting point awaiting for the order to move off on patrol. Steel helmets were considered too noisy so the men a wearing a variety of hats and sweat rags. The men are armed with Owen Machine guns and Short Magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE) .303 rifles. The man second from the front, carrying an Owen gun, wears a pack full of spare ammunition magazines on his chest. 1 July 1953

 

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Majon'ni, Korea. 30 July, 19530. Unidentified men of Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), moving from The Hook defences to Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) 72 hours after the cease fire.

 

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January 1953. Two soldiers from 6 Platoon, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), keep an eye on Chinese positions on the Jamestown Line.

 

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14 July 1953. Mortarmen of 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), send one over during fighting on the Jamestown Line.

 

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7th Royal Tank Regiment Churchill tank crews wait for a road to be cleared of mines. 1951

 

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Spent 20pdr shell casings near a 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Centurion tank providing fire support in Korea in 1951

 

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September 1950. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), take in the view of Pusan harbour from the deck of the US troopship Aiken Victory. From Pusan they will move on to Taegu to prepare for their first operations of the war.

 

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February 1951. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), walk carefully across a valley of snow covered rice paddies and up a hillside during operations.

 

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October 1951. Vickers machine gunners stand ready to give supporting fire to mates of C Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), as they move up to attack a hill in the smoke of an earlier New Zealand artillery barrage.