Photos US and South Korean Forces

[BravoZulu]

GIs from the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division bringing Chinese prisoners to the rear on Pork Chop Hill (Hill 255) near Sinhyeon-ri, South Korea on the 38th parallel sometime in 1953. The Chinese belong to either the 67th or 141st Divisions.

 

[BravoZulu]

A pair of M40 155mm Gun Motor Carriages of Battery B, 937th Field Artillery Battalion, providing fire support to the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division in Korea, November 26th, 1951

 

[BravoZulu]

Republic of Korea (ROK) soldiers march in typical column formation toward the front in August, 1950, during the Pusan Perimeter battle.

 

[dan_inbox]

An USAF F-80 attacks North Korean vehicles in the open. 1950
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It looks like fire is streaming from the nose, which is normal, but also from both wingtips.
What kind of weapons would be fitted to an F-80's wingtips?

Thanks for this great batch of pics, BZ.

 

[BravoZulu]

Marine passes a cigarette to his buddy, after making it through a canyon road known as "Nightmare Alley" during the first Marine Division's fighting withdraw from the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.

 

[BravoZulu]

U.S. Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster transport burning in South Korea in June 1950. North Korean fighters destroyed a C-54 at Kimpo airfield on 25 June and one at Suwon airfield on 29 June 1950.

 

[BravoZulu]

USMC M26 tank west of Masan during Pusan Perimeter engagement, late summer 1950

 

[BravoZulu]

The damaged destroyer USS Walke (DD-723) in dry dock at Sasebo, Japan, in June 1951. Walke struck a floating mine on 0740 hrs, 12 June 1951, which severely damaged her hull on the port side, killing 26 men and wounded another 35 sailors.

 

[BravoZulu]

Iowa class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) main battery plotting room, Korea 17 September 1950

 

[BravoZulu]

M16 MGMC that was destroyed by North Korean forces during the Battle of Yongsan, September 1950

 

[BravoZulu]

Grumman F9F-2 Panther fighters of fighter squadron VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" launching from the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) in 1951.

 

[F.L.]

A conversion of a T-6F into floatplane during the Korean war. (Used from 1950 until it's crash in November 1951)

 

[BravoZulu]

ROK military police pose before the ruins of a devastated building in Pohang. 17 Oct 1950

 

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South Korean MP near a captured former Soviet BA-64 armored car, 1952

 

[BravoZulu]

Tank crewmen from the 7th Inf Div take a break for chow, Korea, 24 Jun 1951

 

[BravoZulu]

A ROK soldier of the 15th Regt., 1st ROK Div., sights through his well-camouflaged .50 cal. machine gun, north of Taegu. 18 September, 1950.

 

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A Bailey Bridge is constructed over a destroyed bridge near the Naktong River by Korean Army Engineers, under the supervision of the KMAG Engineer Advisor. A knocked-out North Korean T-34 tank is under the destroyed bridge. 27 Sep 1950

 

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Captured North Korean SU-76s marked with white stars in service with the South Korean Army

 

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BAR gunner in a straw hat, unknown date or location

 

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M20 recoilless rifle crew on the Pusan Perimeter in 1950