Photos US and South Korean Forces

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Major General Frank Lowe, presidential rep in Korea, examines "flash range" instruments on Marine front lines. Explaining is S.Sgt Charles Kitching, March 1951.
(Photographer - T.Sgt Vance Jobe/Marine Corps)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard)

 

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Signaller or radio operator 3/4001123 Private Brian Geoffrey "Lofty" Heweston , attached to 'A' Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), of West Brunswick, Victoria (Melbourne) contacts D Company Headquarters on his field wireless, Pusan, South Korea, ca. 1950-51.
In mid-July 1950 General Douglas MacArthur was appointed Supreme Commander of United Nations forces in Korea and wasted no time in requesting the deployment of 3RAR to the peninsula.
The Australian government agreed, but stipulated that the battalion would deploy only when fully ready. The battalion was brought up to strength over the next month and a half with reinforcements from K Force, an Australian government initiative calling for volunteers to serve a three-year period in the army, including a year in Korea.
In early September, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Green took command of the battalion and put his men through an intensive training program.
In a brilliant master stroke, General MacArthur landed marines of the 1st Marine Division at Inchon on 15 September. Two days later, ROK, US, and British troops took part in the breakout from the Pusan perimeter. One week later, Seoul had been recaptured and UN units began their advance towards the North Korean border.
Anyone out there able to shed any light on 'Lofty's story beyond this photograph?
Phillip O Hobson, photographer
Gift of The Age newspaper, 1976
Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria
Text courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
(Colourised by Benjamin Thomas)

 

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The last UN tanks and military vehicles crossing the bridge over the Han River before it was blown by US Army Engineers, following the Battle of Uijeongbu in South Korea. January 1951
Han River is one of the most important rivers in North and South Korea and flows over Seoul with a length of 494 km. On the other hand, the Battle of Uijeongbu was a four-days offensive starting 1 January 1951, at Uijeongbu, South Korea, which involved the United Nations retreat after the second Chinese offensive after entering the Korean War.
The United States 8th Army was able to withdraw with the help of the brave resistance from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, which was essential to the outcome of the war.
(Colorized by Ben from Cassowary Colorizations)

 

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Marines of the US 1st Marine Division watch F4U Corsairs drop napalm on Chinese positions near the Chosin Reservoir; December 26th, 1950
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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US Marines from Company's 'A' and 'E' of the 1/5 and 2/5 Regimental Combat Teams, bridge the four foot gap over the seawall at 'Red Beach', Inchon, Korea. 15 September 1950. #Inchon
At 1724, with intermittent rain squalls spitting down, the leading waves of 1/5 crossed the line of departure and headed for that ominous seawall. Preceding them was a shower of 5-inch rockets, more than 2,000 of them, fired from LSMR-403, blanketing the beach and its north flank. Almost too soon for the Marines in them, the landing craft snubbed their noses against the sheer face of the seawall, and the scaling ladders were thrown into place.
Among the first over the wall was First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, leading his 3d Plt of A/l/5. A former Navy enlisted man in World War II, Lopez had entered the Marine Corps via the United States Naval Academy, where he had been a standout boxer. Confronted immediately by a bunker, Lopez silenced it with a grenade, then turned to hurl another grenade at a second bunker. Bullets ripped into his arm and shoulder. The armed grenade dropped to the ground. Unhesitatingly, Lopez fell upon the grenade and drew it to him, absorbing the full force of the blast as the grenade detonated. His selfless action would bring him a posthumous award of the Medal of Honor.
By 0200 on the morning of 16 Sept., Inchon was firmly in Marine hands. A 1st Marine Div that had been cobbled together from nothing had streamrolled everything in its path. Total casualties amounted to 21 Marines killed, one missing and 174 wounded. It had been a textbook Navy-Marine operation, one that had taken the North Koreans completely by surprise. Despite the staggering natural obstacles, by the end of D-day Rear Admiral James H. Doyle had put 13,000 troops ashore.
Speaking of the commander who had refused to accept the impossibility of Inchon, Lt/Gen Shepherd, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps, said, "Doyle is a great commander and is the best naval amphibious officer I have ever met."
(koreanwar-educator.org)
From the Photograph Collection (COLL/3948), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections
(Colourised by Doug)

 

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Taking cover behind their M4A3E8 Sherman tank escort, one man of this Ranger patrol of the 5th Regimental Combat Team, US 24th Infantry Division, uses his M1918A2 BAR to return the heavy Chinese Communist small arms and mortar fire which has them pinned down on the bank of the Han River. At left another soldier uses a field radio to report the situation to headquarters. 23 February 1951
(Source - NARA FILE#: 111-SC-358782)
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US Marines of the 1st Marine Division relax by a Korean hut after destroying an enemy sniper housed there. September 24, 1951. They are left to right: Cpl Walter J. Lyons, Cpl John J. Raferty, Staff Sgt George R. Sullivan, and Cpl Joseph F. McCullough
(Photographer - T. Sgt. Frank W. Sewell. (Marine Corps) NARA FILE #: 127-N-A156980)
Colorized by Lori Lang from the USA)

 

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Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor feeds a 2-week-old kitten named Miss Hap after her mother had been killed during a mortar attack in Korea.

 

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Signaller or radio operator 3/4001123 Private Brian Geoffrey "Lofty" Heweston

I haven't found out much apart from him possibly still being in the Royal Corp of Signals until 1988

 

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U.S. Marines help a wounded buddy on the Naktong River front in South Korea. August 1950
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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An American soldier aims a Browning .30-caliber M1919A4 MG on a tripod. Korea 1953
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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Korea: 38th Parallel 28 March 1954
AWM Description; "Even this British Centurion tank is vulnerable to certain forms of infantry attack. Protecting it against an "enemy" who would be intrepid enough to tackle the tank are Assault Pioneers, Corporal Jim Hyde of Red Hill, Qld (nearest camera), and Private L. D. (Snowy) Trenerud of King Island, Vic. Tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment cooperated with members of 3RAR in this battalion training exercise. The other soldiers around the tank are unidentified."
(Photo source - Australian War Memorial - HOBJ4919
Photographer - Phillip Oliver Hobson
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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Lt. Col. John Hopkins, commanding officer of the First Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, leads in singing the "Star Spangled Banner" during Memorial Services held in the field during the Korean campaign. June 21, 1951.
(Photo source - US National Archives)
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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Divisional Artillery attached to the 1st ROK Division fire a 90MM AA against the North Korean forces north of Taegu.
(Photo source - NARA FILE#: 111-SC-350451)
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Three Ethiopian gunners from Addis Ababa preparing to fire a 75mm recoil-less rifle are, from left to right: Corporal Alema Welde, Corporal Chanllo Bala and Sergeant Major Bogale Weldeynse. Korea 1951
Ethiopia was the first nation in Africa to contribute a complete unit of ground troops to the UN Korean command.
(Colourised by Royston Leonard from the UK)

 

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Lieutenant Colonel Don Carlos Faith Jr., was a decorated veteran of World War II. In Korea, he commanded the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.
On December 2, 1950, the enemy launched a fanatical attack against his battalion near Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. He rallied his men to counterattack and drive the enemy back, exposing himself to enemy fire. As he led his men across the Reservoir, he was mortally wounded. His remains were never recovered.
His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
For his leadership and valor, Lieutenant Colonel Faith was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
(Colorised by Allan from France)
Hk Colourisation

 

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Original caption: "BROTHERS IN ARMS - When a Royal Australian Navy aircraft was forced down at a Marine airbase in Korea, the Leatherneck mechanics turned to help the pilot get his ship back into the air. Shown here, several mechanics swarm over the machine as curious onlookers stand by."
US Marine Corps mechanics service a Royal Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 (s/n WE790). According to the original caption this was a Royal Australian Navy aircraft. RAN 805 and 808 Squadrons operated from the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney (R17) off Korea between 4 October 1951 and 27 January 1952. In the background is a Vought F4U-4 Corsair. Unusual is the lack of any tail code on either aircraft. Circa 1951.
Text accompanying image via Wiki Commons
photographer: TSgt. Ralph Austin, USMC
(Colourised by Benjamin Thomas from Australia)

 

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North Korean POWs captured by 1st Turkish Brigade soldiers at the Battle of Wawon. 27-29th November 1950
In the course of the U.N. offensive and the Chinese counteroffensive, the 1st Turkish Brigade suffered 3,514 casualties, of which 741 were killed in action, 2,068 wounded, 163 missing and 244 taken prisoner, as well as 298 noncombatant casualties.
The Turks, armed and trained by American military advisers, did better than even they had hoped or expected in this, their first real combat since World War I. The American units to which they were attached respected their skills and tenacity in combat. Some comments by American officers give insight into the Turks and their abilities. ‘They really prefer to be on the offensive and handle it quite well,’ went one appraisal. ‘They are not as good at defensive positions, and certainly never retreat.’ Another report told of their patrol skills: ‘Certain Turkish patrols always reported high body counts when they returned from patrols. Headquarters always scoffed at the high numbers, much higher in fact than any other unit, until the Turks decided to bring the enemy bodies back and dump them at headquarters for the body count.’
The Turks acquitted themselves in a brave and noble fashion in some of the worst conditions experienced in the Korean War. Very little else could have been required or expected of them. Their heavy casualties speak of their honor and commitment. Their bravery requires no embellishment. It stands on its own.
(historynet.com)
(Colorised by Murathan Yilmaz from Turkey)

 

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1 July 1953. Soldiers from B Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), move along a trench to the starting point, then await 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 carbines and SMLE .303 rifles. The man second from the front, carrying an Owen gun, wears a pack full of spare magazines on his chest. Photo by Phillip Oliver Hobson. [AWM HOBJ4387]

 

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F4U's (Corsairs) returning from a combat mission over North Korea circle the USS Boxer as they wait for planes in the next strike to be launched from her flight deck - a helicopter hovers above the ship. September 4, 1951.

Korean War - HD-SN-99-03073

Photo by U.S. Army Korea (Historical Image Archive)