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Korean War Pictures

Explore the Korean War through powerful images, from the Soviet occupation of northern Korea to the intense battles and eventual armistice agreement. Witness the impact of American air power and the destruction it wrought on North Korea. Discover the pivotal moments that shaped the conflict, including the Potsdam Conference and the signing of the armistice agreement.

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Korean War Pictures

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  1. Korean War Pictures

  2. The Potsdam Conference of victorious Allies in July, 1945, brought the Soviet Union’s commitment to entering the war against Japan. The result was a Soviet occupation of northern Korea and Korea’s partition along the 38th parallel. (U.S. Signal Corps photo.)

  3. Chinese soldiers captured near Hwachon reservoir in central Korea await shipment at 24th Division headquarters. (U.S. Army photo.)

  4. Two Chinese Communist soldiers in their standard padded cotton uniforms stand guard on the edge of the neutral zone at Panmunjom, midway between the communist and United Nations lines, where the two-year truce talks were largely held. (U.S. Navy photo.)

  5. Four LSTs unload on the beach at Inchon as marines gather equipment to move rapidly inland on September 15, 1950. Landing ships were stuck in the deep mud flats between one high tide and the next. (U.S. Navy photo.)

  6. Much of Seoul was destroyed in vicious street battles in September, 1950. Here marine infantry lead an M26 tank in the attack. (U.S. Marine Corps photo.)

  7. As the Korean War went on,American air power methodically demolished virtually everything in North Korea having any military significance whatsoever. Here supply warehouses at the east-coast port of Wonsan are bombed in July, 1951.

  8. The ‘exciting’ Main St. in Uijongbu, N. Korea.

  9. Bivouac at Ft. Dix basic training.

  10. “Keep them clean, stay alive, maybe.”

  11. MLR in the Khumwha Valley (1952), North Korea. Enemy positions are on the left of trench, bald spots are from U.S. artillery fire

  12. General Mark W. Clark, Far East commander, signs the Korean armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, after two years of negotiation, during which hundreds of thousands of men were killed and wounded in continued hostilities. (U.S. Navy photo.)

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