Photos US and South Korean Forces

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Servicemen working on ship newsletter aboard the USS Meigs. 1952.
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An Air Force NCO, a civilian, and an Army NCO "working on a ship newsletter"?? Okay -- USS Meigs was a troop ship, so maybe this kept some of the travelers busy during trasit . . . cool.

 

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M4A3E8 leading a group of US Infantry in Pyongyang Korea - October 1950
LIFE Magazine Archives - Hank Walker Photographer

 

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Korean War. March 1951. Payback. A US soldier calibrates the sights on a captured Soviet 160mm M1943 heavy mortar prior to firing the weapon against Communist Chinese forces. Photo by Private Ian Robertson. [AWM P01813.821]

 

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M32B1 Tank Recovery Vehicle retrieving a M24 Chaffee near Waegwan Korea - August 1950
LIFE Magazine Archives - Hank Walker Photographer

 

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A company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry moves in single file across rice paddies as it advances on enemy positions across the valley during the Korean War. March 1951.
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Troops of the 2nd Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during patrol, Korea, March 1951.
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Korean War. Pakchon. 5 November 1950. An Australian soldier wounded in action on the Hill is placed on an American stretcher jeep to be transported to hospital. Photo by Sergeant Claude Holzheimer. [AWM 146965

 

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Battery of guns of 2nd Royal Canadian Horse Artillery supporting troops of 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment during the Korean War, June 1951.
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US Personnel capture a North Korea Soldier outside of Pyongyang Korea - October 1950
Note the golf club the US Soldier on the right has, and how the spike bayonet is attached to the Mosin-Nagant rifle the North Korean Soldier is carrying
LIFE Magazine Archives - Hank Walker Photographer

 

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Staff Sgt. Manert Kennedy NCO of 2nd Battalion 1st Marines at Hunchon Korea early June 1951, He served with the 1st Marine Division until retiring back home to his native Colorado after serving overseas.

 

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'Shoot! You're Faded' - a name previously worn by at least two P-51 Mustangs during WW2 reappears here on the side of an F-80 in Korea.

 

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June 1951. North American F-86 Sabre fighters on the flight line

 

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An American soldier sleeps on his ammunition in the Mason area during the Korean war. 1950

 

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USN Aviation Chief Mike P. Ross, carrying 20mm shells on USS Leyte CV-32 off of Korea - December 1950
LIFE Magazine Archives - John Dominis Photographer

 

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Korean War. c September 1950. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). The convoy of vehicles they are travelling in are transporting men and equipment in the early stages of the war. Photo by Sergeant Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOBJ1386]

 

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Korean War. c October 1950. A signaller from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), sends and receives signals on a radio set, while a convoy of 3RAR vehicles is parked by the road. Photo by Sergeant Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOBJ1395]

 

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16th September 1950: A grim-faced American tank crew commander keeping watch in Taegu, Korea during the Korean War. Original Publication: Picture Post Cover - 5086 - We Follow The Road To Hell -pub. 1950 (Photo by IPC Magazines/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

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Korean War. c September 1950. Two soldiers from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR). The convoy of vehicles they are travelling in are transporting men and equipment in the early stages of the war. Photo by Sergeant Phillip Hobson. [AWM HOBJ1386]

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The rifles are WW1 era SMLE.

 

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Significance is that Ensign NEIL ARMSTRONG is flying S-116 in rear. Two U.S. Navy Grumman F9F-2 Panther jets from Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" during a sortie over Korea, in 1951-52