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Korean War Peace talks. Kaesong, Korea, 1951

ARC Identifier 292619

Item from Record Group 338: Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter), 1917 - 1993

Korean War Peace talks. Kaesong, Korea, 1951

ARC Identifier 292620

Item from Record Group 338: Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter), 1917 - 1993

Korean War Peace talks. Kaesong, Korea, 1951

ARC Identifier 292621

Item from Record Group 338: Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter), 1917 - 1993

During South Korean evacuation of Suwon Airfield, a 37mm anti-tank gun is hauled out of the area for repairs, by a weapons carrier. International News Photos., 1950

ARC Identifier 541944 / Local Identifier 306-PS-50(9064)

Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 – 1992

Marines of the 1st Marine Division relax by a Korean hut after destroying an enemy sniper housed there., 09/24/1951

ARC Identifier 532424 / Local Identifier 127-N-A156980

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

Lieutenant Colonel John Hopkins, commanding officer of the First Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, leads in singing the "Star Spangled Banner" during Memorial Services held in the field during the Korean campaign., 06/21/1951

ARC Identifier 532416 / Local Identifier 127-N-A9345

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, Sergeant First Class Major Cleveland, weapons squad leader, points out Communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew., 11/20/1950

ARC Identifier 531389 / Local Identifier 111-SC-353469

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

The Rockets Red Glare-U.S. Marines launch a 4.5 rocket barrage against the Chinese Communists in the Korean fighting., ca. 1951

ARC Identifier 532422 / Local Identifier 127-N-A156882

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

Lieutenant R. P. Yeatman, from the USS Bon Homme Richard, is shown rocketing and bombing Korean bridge., 11/1952

ARC Identifier 521000 / Local Identifier 80-G-639948

Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958

Long trek southward: Seemingly endless file of Korean refugees slogs through snow outside of Kangnung, blocking withdrawal of Republic of Korea I Corps., 01/08/1951

ARC Identifier 531397 / Local Identifier 111-SC-356475

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

Refugees streaming across the frozen Han River on the ice as they flee southward before the advancing tide of Red Chinese and North Korean Communists. Shattered bridges are shown in the background. International News Photos., 01/1951

ARC Identifier 541965 / Local Identifier 306-PS-52(2719)

Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 1992

North Korean prisoner of Marines who rolled enemy back in Naktong River fighting. He wears a "Prisoner of War" tag and was treated in accordance with United Nations' rules of international warfare., 09/04/1950

ARC Identifier 532398 / Local Identifier 127-N-A2122

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division, College Park, MD

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

With her brother on her back a war weary Korean girl tiredly trudges by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea., 06/09/1951

ARC Identifier 520796 / Local Identifier 80-G-429691

Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958

A small South Korean child sits alone in the street, after elements of the 1st Marine Division and South Korean Marines invaded the city of Inchon, in an offensive launched against the North Korean forces in that area., 09/16/1950

ARC Identifier 531374 / Local Identifier 111-SC-348594

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

North Korean prisoners, taken by the Marines in a foothills fight, march single file across a rice paddy., 1950

ARC Identifier 532405 / Local Identifier 127-N-A3242

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

North Korean refugees use anything that will float to evacuate Hungnam. Here they jam the decks of a South Korean tank landing ship and many fishing boats., 12/19/1950

ARC Identifier 520782 / Local Identifier 80-G-424513

Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958

Three Korean Communists in a fishing boat are captured by the USS Manchester off the coast of Korea., 05/10/1951

ARC Identifier 520792 / Local Identifier 80-G-428666

Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958

Men of the 1st Marine Division capture Chinese Communists during fighting on the central Korean front. Hoengsong, March 2, 1951., 1927 - 1981

ARC Identifier 532414 / Local Identifier 127-N-A6759

Item from Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 - 9999

Two North Korean boys, serving in the North Korean Army, taken prisoner in the Sindang-dong area by elements of the 389th Infantry Regiment, are interrogated by a U.S. soldier shortly after their capture., 09/18/1950

ARC Identifier 531377 / Local Identifier 111-SC-348805

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

At the United Nations' prisoner-of-war camp at Pusan, prisoners are assembled in one of the camp compounds. The camp contains both North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners., 04/1951

ARC Identifier 541956 / Local Identifier 306-PS-51(7134)

Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 1992

This anti-Communist North Korean just released from a prisoner of war camp is serving as a kind of cheerleader for fellow ex Prisoners of War as they shout their joy of reaching Seoul. The flags are of the Republic of South Korea., ca. 1953 - ca. 1954

ARC Identifier 541966 / Local Identifier 306-PS-54(1497)

Item from Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 1992

Korean women and children search the rubble of Seoul for anything that can be used or burned as fuel., 11/01/1950

ARC Identifier 531386 / Local Identifier 111-SC-351697

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

An aged Korean woman pauses in her search for salvageable materials among the ruins of Seoul, Korea., 11/01/1950

ARC Identifier 531387 / Local Identifier 111-SC-351700

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

Korean civilians fleeing from the North Korean forces, killed when caught in the line of fire during night attack by guerrilla forces near Yongsan., 08/25/1950

ARC Identifier 531369 / Local Identifier 111-SC-347020

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

A Korean family mourns their murdered father, victim of the wholesale murder at Chonju by North Koreans., 09/27/1950

ARC Identifier 531378 / Local Identifier 111-SC-350339

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

Colonel James Murray, Jr., USMC, and Colonel Chang Chun San, of the North Korean Communist Army, initial maps showing the north and south boundaries of the demarcation zone, during the Panmunjom cease fire talks., 10/11/1951

ARC Identifier 520806 / Local Identifier 80-G-437021

Item from Record Group 80: General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804 - 1958

A little Korean girl places a wreath of flowers on the grave of an American soldier, while Private First Class, Chester Painter and Corporal, Harry May present arms, at the United Nations cemetery in Pusan., 04/09/1951

ARC Identifier 530634 / Local Identifier 111-C-6425

Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

At Panmunjom, Korea, POW's (recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange) are off-loaded from ambulances. Note the ones in the foreground walking towards tent., 04/21/1953

ARC Identifier 542188 / Local Identifier 342-AF-B83243AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

BITTER COLD, BITTER FIGHT, ca. 12/1950

ARC Identifier 542210 / Local Identifier 342-AF-78460AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

WAITING, WAITING. These frostbite casualties of the embattled First Marine Division and Seventh Infantry Division who linked up in the Chosin Reservoir area in a desperate attempt to break out of Communist encirclement wait with set expressions on their faces for pickup by planes of the U.S. Air Force Far East Combat Cargo Command . Incoming aircraft carried supplies, rations, and ammunition to troops., ca. 12/1950

ARC Identifier 542211 / Local Identifier 342-AF-78466AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

BITTER COLD, BITTER FIGHT, ca. 12/1950

ARC Identifier 542213 / Local Identifier 342-AF-78723AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Framed against a rugged, snow covered mountain peak in North Korea, a 5th Air Force F-86 Sabre, of the 4th Fighter - Escort Wing, has complete command of the skies as it heads homeward after another strike at the enemy. In the short time they have been fighting for the U.S. Far East Air Forces in Korea, the Sabres have proven their superiority over the best aircraft that the Reds have used thus far., ca. 01/1951

ARC Identifier 542218 / Local Identifier 342-AF-78959AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Over North Korea--Bombardiers in B-26s of the Fifth Air Force's 452 Light Bomb Wing used the " Y" in the tracks as an aiming point, and the accuracy of their calculations is attested by these two fiery blossoms of napalm, both directly astride a line filled with enemy railroad cars. The locale of this dramatic photo is a marshalling yard on the main rail line leading south from Wonsan, important East coast port city., ca. 04/23/1951

ARC Identifier 542225 / Local Identifier 342-AF-79649AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

COSTLY VISIT. Immediate explosion from a direct hit made be a B-26 Invader light bomber on a church containing high explosives for the Communists, is shown in this photo the second after the 452nd Light Bomb Wing's plane had dropped its bombs directly on target. Wonsan harbor on the east coast of Korea is shown in the background, while buildings of the military supply area in the foreground are shown damaged in previous strikes., ca. 03/1951

ARC Identifier 542232 / Local Identifier 342-AF-80508AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Flames of destruction eat through a concentration of enemy troops on this ridge as the Fifth Air Force B-26 Invader bomber of the 452nd Bombardment Wing pulls away, bomb-bay doors still open, after loosing napalm (jellied gasoline) bombs on the area. Continued bombing of tactical targets such as these in support of United Nations forces is depriving the Communists of sorely needed war equipment in their spring offensive., ca. 05/1951

ARC Identifier 542233 / Local Identifier 342-AF-80590AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Not the most ideal taxi way, but still not enough of a hazard to stop operations is this miniature lake formed by torrential Korean rains, ca. 09/1951

ARC Identifier 542236 / Local Identifier 342-AF-80905AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Air dropped by the 437th Troop Carrier Wing, paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team decend to earth during a practice maneuver somewhere in the Far East., 10/19/1951

ARC Identifier 542238 / Local Identifier 342-AF-80937AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Communist target at Korangpo-ri, Korea, left in smoke and flames after a raid by B-26s of the 452nd Bomb Group., 02/13/1951

ARC Identifier 542240 / Local Identifier 342-AF-81448AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

A U.S. Air Force B-26 light bomber takes to the sky on another strike against Communist military targets as an anti-aircraft crew watches. The light bombers fly day and night missions, attacking enemy transportation and supply targets. The anti-aircraft crews stand round-the-clock watch to protect the base in event of an enemy air attack., ca. 09/1952

ARC Identifier 542247 / Local Identifier 342-AF-81983AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

EJECTION OF A MIG PILOT -- This unusual sequence of photos, taken by gun camera film of a U.S. Air Force F-86 "Sabre" jet fighter-interceptor, shows a Communist MIG-15 pilot abandoning his aircraft after it has been hit by the "Sabres" gunfire, 05/14/1953

ARC Identifier 542261 / Local Identifier 342-AF-83108AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

At Panmunjom, Korea, exchange site, Major General Lee Sang-Jo Communist liaison officer, departs after agreeing in substance to all points of the UN proposal for exchange of sick and wounded prisoners., 04/10/1953

ARC Identifier 542263 / Local Identifier 342-AF-83382AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Battle equipped paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team wait to board C-46s of the 315th Combat Cargo Group prior to take-off on an airborne assault mission somewhere in Korea., 06/20/1953

ARC Identifier 542268 / Local Identifier 342-AF-84143AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

POWs (recently repatriated in the UN POW exchange) pose for a group photograph with their flight nurses at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 09/05/1953

ARC Identifier 542272 / Local Identifier 342-AF-84343AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

During the UN POW exchange at Panmunjom, Korea, a Communist POW verbally abuses an American Army Major saying, "You will be tried by the Peoples Court and be shot.", 09/08/1953

ARC Identifier 542273 / Local Identifier 342-AF-84386AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

A Republic of Korea paratrooper deflates his parachute following a "three point landing" during a mass paradrop outside of Seoul, Korea., 11/18/1953

ARC Identifier 542278 / Local Identifier 342-AF-85152AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

This photograph, taken in Pyongyang, N.W. marshalling yards, Korea, illustrates the aftermath of a bombing raid by B-29s of the Far East Air Force. Wrecked locomotive, twisted trackage, and shattered roundhouse attest to the effectiveness of interdiction., 10/25/1950

ARC Identifier 542285 / Local Identifier 342-AF-87164AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

COMBAT CARGO, KOREA -- Paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, seated in the cargo compartment of 314th Troop Carrier Group C-119 "Flying Boxcar," "sweat out" the flight to the dropzone at Munsan-ni, Korea, in March, 1951, ca. 03/1951

ARC Identifier 542315 / Local Identifier 342-AF-117302AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA--Capt. Frank W. Corbett, 726 First Ave., Gadsen, Ala., climbs out of his U.S. Air Force 17th Bomb Wing B-26 "Invader" after his final combat mission over North Korea, ca. 04/1953

ARC Identifier 542318 / Local Identifier 342-AF-122668AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000

Army medics carry wounded UN personnel to waiting ambulances, after the patients' arrival at this Tokyo base in the U.S. Air Force C-124 in the background. The C-124, the largest cargo plane operating on the Korean airlift, carries as many as 135 patients. Forty of the patients on this flight, critically wounded, were flown to Camp Drew Hospital near Tokyo in C-47's of the Royal Thailand Air Force. The trip, which took only 20 minutes, would have required six hours by road., ca. 10/1952

ARC Identifier 542319 / Local Identifier 342-AF-122803AC

Item from Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2000