Photos UN Forces

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
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7 November 1950. Lieutenant Colonel Ian Ferguson MC, Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR).
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November 1950. A British Centurion tank, probably belonging to the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
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Pakchon. 5 November 1950. A stretcher bearer attends to Corporal Don Parsons of C Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). Corporal Parsons was wounded by a mortar bomb that landed about 30 yards away injuring him in the foot.
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B-26 light bombers of the U.S Air Force unleash parachute demolition bombs upon supply warehouses and dock facilities at the port city of Wonsan, North Korea, 1951
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US 155mm Howitzer trades artillery fire with Chinese forces. Korea, 1952
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Crewmen fighting a fire on a McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee (BuNo 123333) of Fighter Squadron VF-62 "Gladiators" aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39) off Korea. 13 June 1953.
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February 1951. A crew member of the RAN destroyer HMAS Bataan, rugged up against the cold weather, attends to tasks on deck during a patrol off the Korean coast
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Lt. Col. (Dr) AG Rangraj, MVC commanded the 60th Parachute Field Ambulance as part of Indian Peacekeeping Troops who treated more than 200,000 ROK Soldiers during the Korean War. Nov 1950 to 1953
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Canadian soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry take cover from a Chinese attack on Kapyong Hill northeast of Seoul 23/25-April-1952.
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B Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), awaiting orders to move on night patrol, Korea, near the DMZ, July 1953. Steel helmets were considered too noisy so the men wore linen head coverings. The men are armed with Owen Machine guns and Lee Enfield (SMLE) .303 rifles.
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Unidentified men of Support Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), moving from defensive positions to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 72 hours after the Korean War cease fire. 30 July 1953
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A battery of New Zealand QF- 25 pounder (Mark II) guns gives artillery support to the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) reconnaissance patrol in force across the Imjin River; 1951. A Chinese advance was successfully delayed
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Ernie Glover, RCAF (1922-1991). F/L Glover flew F-86 fighters attached to the USAF during the Korean war. He was the leading Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) scorer with three enemy aircraft destroyed, and was awarded the Commonwealth Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1953 and a US DFC.
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Men of the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders boarding the cruiser HMS Ceylon for the journey to Pusan, South Korea. In the background the band of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. Sept 1950
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A wounded British lieutenant receives aid from 3rd US Division medics near Uijong-bu, Korea, April 1951.
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Ethiopian soldiers of the Kagnew battalion with a 75mm recoilless gun
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