History On Line
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USS Missouri
(BB-63) Fires a salvo of 16-inch shells from turret # 2
while bombarding Chongjin, North Korea, in an effort to
cut enemy communications, October 1950. Chongjin is
only 39 miles from North Korea's northern
border.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-421049
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Vought F4U-4B
"Corsair" Fighters, of Fighter Squadrons 113
and 114 (VF-113 & VF-114) Prepare for launching
aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), during strikes on
North Korean targets, circa 19 October 1950. Note small
bombs, with fuse extensions, on the planes'
wings.
22 February 1951.
Korea.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-420926
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Korean War
Carrier Air Strikes
A fuel or ammunition train burns near Kumchon, North
Korea, after being hit by planes from USS Valley Forge
(CV-45). Photographed on the morning of 22 July
1950.
Navy Photo #: NH 96977
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USS Toledo
(CA-133)
Eight-inch shells and powder charges on a barge
alongside the starboard quarter, as Toledo replenished
her ammunition supply in Sasebo Harbor, Japan, after
combat operations off Korea, circa July-October 1950.
Crewmen are carrying the powder cans into position to
be hoisted aboard the cruiser.
Navy Photo #: NH 96905
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Inchon Invasion,
September 1950
An LST slips into Inchon harbor in the early hours of
15 September 1950, just prior to the landings
there.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-423206
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Inchon Invasion,
September 1950
First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, USMC, leads the 3rd
Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines over the
seawall on the northern side of Red Beach, as the
second assault wave lands, 15 September 1950. Wooden
scaling ladders are in use to facilitate disembarkation
from the LCVP that brought these men to the shore. Lt.
Lopez was killed in action within a few minutes, while
assaulting a North Korean bunker. Note M-1 Carbine
carried by Lt. Lopez, M-1 Rifles of other Marines and
details of the Marines' field gear.
Navy Photo #: NH 96876
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Opening of
Wonsan, October 1950
Republic of Korea minesweeper YMS-516 is blown up by a
magnetic mine, during sweeping operations west of Kalma
Pando, Wonsan harbor, on 18 October 1950. This ship was
originally the U.S. Navy's YMS-148, which had
served in the British Navy in 1943-46.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-423625
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USS Valley Forge
(CV-45)
Crewmen use flight deck tractors with power brooms to
sweep snow from the carrier's flight deck, during
operations off Korea, circa early 1951. Photo is dated
8 May 1951, but Valley Forge ended her second Korean
War deployment in late March of that year. Plane parked
in the foreground is a F4U-4 "Corsair"
fighter. Those on the forward flight deck are an AD
"Skyraider" attack plane and a HO3S
helicopter.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-428267
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"Weapons
Company, in line with Headquarters and Service Company,
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, trying to contact the
temporarily cut off Fox Company in a glancing
engagement to permit the 5th and 7th Marines to
withdraw from the Yudam-ni area. Nov. 27,
1950."
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the
"All Hands" collection at the Naval
Historical Center.
Navy Photo #: NH 97023
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"Leathernecks inch forward under fire on
the central Korean front"
Quoted from the original photo caption. This view was
taken in late 1950 or early 1951, and was published in
"All Hands" magazine's May 1951
issue.
Navy Photo #: NH 97032
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Hungnam
Evacuation, December 1950
Shipping off Hungnam, 10 December 1950, as the
evacuation of troops and supplies commenced.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-434918
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Hungnam
Evacuation, December 1950
Some of the 14,000 Korean refugees crowded on board the
SS Meredith Victory in December 1950, as she
transported them from Hungnam to South
Korea.
Navy Photo #: NH 95597
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Thai frigate
Prasae Aground
Stranded behind enemy lines on the Korean east coast,
January 1951. She had gone ashore in a snowstorm on 7
January and had to be destroyed. A helicopter and
several U.S. Navy ships are offshore covering salvage
operations. Prasae was formerly the British corvette
Betony and the Indiana Navy's Sind.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-432568
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Evacuation of
Inchon, December 1950 - January 1951
Port facilities at Inchon, South Korea, are destroyed
as U.N. forces evacuate the city in the face of the
Chinese Communist advance.
Photograph is dated 4 January 1951. The final
evacuation of Inchon took place on 5
January.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-425472
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Hungnam
Evacuation, December 1950
Marines boarding USS Bayfield (APA-33) at Hungnam, for
transportation out of North Korea.
Man at left is carrying a Russian Mosin-Nagant carbine
in addition to his M1. This photograph was released
under date of 20 December 1950.
Navy Photo #: NH 97060.
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Evacuation of
Inchon, December 1950 - January 1951
Port facilities at Inchon, South Korea, are destroyed
as U.N. forces evacuate the city in the face of the
Chinese Communist advance.
Photograph is dated 4 January 1951. The final
evacuation of Inchon took place on 5
January.
Navy Photo #: 80-G-K-11771
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