IMAGO International History, Archive, Korean War 1950-1953

Mar 21, 2024

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KOREAN WAR: INFANTRY, 1952. An American Second Infantry Division tank firing at Communist positions in Korea, July 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0044093
KOREAN WAR: SHIP REFUELING. The destroyer USS Shelton and the aircraft carrier USS Antietam refueling from the tanker USS Tolovana in Korean waters. The aircraft carrier USS Essex, in the the background, awaits her turn. Photograph, 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0035250
KOREAN WAR: U.S. MARINES heading for helicopters to take them to the front, March 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034955
KOREAN WAR, 1953. Radar observer Captain Hugo Schott, left, and pilot Second Lieutenant Harold Riggs enroute to their plane after hearing the scramble signal. Photographed January 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034593
KOREAN WAR: U.S. NAVY, 1953. U.S. Navy crewmen move an acoustic detonator over the side of a minesweeper during operations off the coast of Korea, February 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034592
KOREAN WAR: HELICOPTER. U.S. soldiers load two stretcher cases onto a helicopter for transport to a hospital behind the front line, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034591
KOREAN WAR: TRIANGLE HILL. Wounded American soldiers of the Seventh Infantry Division at the aid station during the struggle for Triangle Hill, October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018239
KOREAN WAR: INCHON, 1952. A United States Marine Corps tank rolls onto the beach at Inchon, South Korea in April 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018076
KOREAN WAR: INFANTRYMEN. American Infantrymen supported by tanks advance up a hill in Korea, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018075
KOREAN WAR: BUNKER HILL. A Marine observes the results of artillery action during the Battle of Bunker Hill, 12-16 August 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017834
KOREAN WAR: TRIANGLE HILL. Two Infantrymen of the Seventh Infantry Division helping a comrade wounded in the fighting on Triangle Hill, October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017832
KOREA: WOUNDED SOLDIER. An American soldier of the 7th Division is led toward a jeep after being wounded in the fighting on Triangle Hill. Photograph, 17 October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017831
KOREAN WAR: ALLIED FORCES. Allied forces approaching Wonju, South Korea, in January 1951. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017769
KOREAN WAR, 1951. United Nations artillerymen firing Eighth Army 155mm guns against advancing communist troops, 1951. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017768
KOREAN WAR: ARMY CHAPLAIN. A U.S. Army chaplain giving extreme unction as American hospital corpsmen tend to a soldier critically wounded when a mortar shell scored a direct hit on his bunker atop Hill 266, known as Old Baldy, during the Korean War, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0001537
KOREAN WAR: ARTILLERYMEN. U.S. artillerymen firing an eight-inch self-propelled gun against a Communist-held position at the Korean front. Photograph, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0001535
SEKLET-KRIG OCH KONFLIKTER-50 Efter andra världskriget delades Korea upp i en sovjetisk och en amerikansk ockupationszon. 1950 invaderade dock de nordkoreanska trupperna Sydkorea och ockuperade i stort ett hela Sydkorea. Den amerikanska presidenten Truman fick FN att i organisationens namn skicka amerikanska truppförstärkningar. De amerikanska trupperna lyckades pressa tillbaka nordkoreanerna tlll den kinseiska gränsen. Men i ett överaskande anfall svepte kinesiska armestyrkor ned mot Sydkorea. Amerikanerna lyckas aterta de södra delarna i landet men stannar vid den 38 breddgraden. Efter förhandlingar anläggs 1953 en demarkationslinje vid breddgraden. En linje som fortfarande övervakas av FN. Här amerikanska s Copyright: xUPIx
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Sentries in front of the tent which hosts the Panmunjeom negotiations, Korea 1952 01 02 1952 972_33_W345646
RECORD DATE NOT STATED Photograph of USAF F-86 Sabre Jets During Takeoff. Photograph of USAF F-86 Sabre Jets During Takeoff. A pair of scrappy USAF F-86 Sabre jets thrust upward from the runway under the terrific drive from their powerful jet engines. Assigned to the Fifth Air Force s veteran 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing in Korea, Sabre jets are responsible for keeping enemy air power swept from Korean skies. In this task, 4th Fighter Wing pilots in less than one year of operations against MIG-15 jet fighters had destroyed or damaged more than 225 hostile MIGs, with extremely light losses to themselves. Three Sabre jet pilots have become Korean war aces, the only Fifth Air Force pilots to acquire this enviable status. . Copyright: xpiemagsx naramil3pie14102022-24 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
HR MS. Piet Hein (1945-1961) in Japan during the Korean War. - Copyright: xpiemagsx nedmil060421-25473 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Korean War railroad attack Copyright: xpiemagsx milflic16082021 (32526) !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Pictured are Soldiers of the300th Armored Field Artillery Battalion resting after combat in Korea, during the Korean War. The 300th AFA was a Wyoming Army National Guard unit deployed to the Korean War in February 1951, entered combat in May 1951, and released from active federal service in September 1954. The unit was awarded some of the nation™s highest awards, to now include the Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, as of Sept. 13, 2010. The award will be presented to the surviving members of the 300th AFA Oct. 1, 2010 in Cheyenne, Wyo. Other awards include the Presidential Unit Citation for Battle with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation fo Copyright: xpiemagsx milflic16082021 (29796) !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
Ground crews prepare an F-86 Sabre with its 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing Checkertail for flight during the Korean War. Copyright: xpiemagsx milflic16082021 (21756) !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers raining bombs on a target in Korea as part of aerial warfare in January, 1951. Copyright: VernonxLewisxGallery StocktrekxImages JPA101472M
USWahl2024, die groÃŸen PrÃ¤sidenten, Dwight D. Eisenhower President-elect Dwight Eisenhower eating with soldiers in Korea on Dec. 1952. He was fulfilling a campaign promise to go to Korea implying that he would take action to end to Korean War. The armistice was signed in July 1953. (BSLOC_2014_11_260) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC245
General view of a Korean War MASH, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. This unit is with the South Korean Army at Wonju, Korea. Sept. 1951. (BSLOC_2014_11_198) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC175
U.S. infantrymen near Heartbreak Ridge, in tunnel positions, 40 yards from the Communists. Sept. 1952. UN soldiers made costly direct attacks on North Koreans defensive positions from Sept. 13-27, without displacing the enemy. Introduction of tanks, attac For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL038 EC088
Korean war, on the deck of the American ship Philippine , aircrafts armed with rockets and bombs wait for the departure signal. On the deck of the American ship Philippine , aircrafts armed with rockets and bombs wait for the departure signal. September 18, 1950 Korean war National Archives - Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A11_103
General Ridgway, Korean 8th army s supreme commander General Ridgway, Korean 8th army s supreme commander March 5, 1951 Korean war Washington. National archives Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A06_308
Wousan Harbor. Ships of the 7th American fleet. Wousan Harbor. Ships of the 7th American fleet. November 4, 1950 Korean war National Archives - Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A00058
U.N. war photographer with U.S. 2nd Infantry Division In Korea. U.N. war photographer with U.S. 2nd Infantry Division In Korea. October 1952 Korean war National Archives - Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A04_258
Photograph of an American Soldier taken during the Korean War Photograph of an American Soldier resting taken during the Korean War. Dated 1952 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A20304
August 2, 1951 - Korea - 108th Bombardment Squadron during the Korean War activation formation 1951. Korea - ZUMAz03_ 19510802_sha_z03_606 Copyright: xU.S.xAirxForcex
The leading tank of the spearhead attack by the British Brigade , was held up by about 300 enemy dug in the orchard on the left . A spotter aircraft landed on the roadway and directed tank fire with infantry support to clean them out before the column could continue northwards , during the advance in Korea . 30 October 1950, Korea, Republic Of Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1336944
Nakdong River, Korea: August 15, 1951 Koreans washing their clothes in the Nakdong River. xUnderwoodxArchives 4-War-Kor-Mis_3
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt US Army artillery crew firing a 105 millimetre howitzer, against North Korean positions during the Korean War 1950 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_068_0671
July 1, 1953 - The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) operating off North Korea. The flight deck crew is respotting aircraft in preparation for recovery of her last strike. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk107054m
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Men and equipment being parachuted to earth in an operation conducted by United Nations airborne units. Ca. 1951. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk105998m
November 20, 1950 - Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, a weapons squad leader points out communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk105995m
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Photograph of Captain Emil Kapaun helping another soldier carry an exhausted troop off the battlefield early in the Korean War. Dated 1952 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0625
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Photograph of a Korean Girl and her Brother stood in front of a tank. Dated 1952 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_052_0826
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Photograph of soldiers sitting on a painted M-46 tank, the tank is painted to look like a fierce tiger. Taken during the Korean War, a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (North Korea), in which a United Nations force dominated by the United States of America intervened to support the South and China intervened to support the North. Dated 1951 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_047_0460
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Korean War 1953. American soldier comforts another soldier in distress WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_042_0721
The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States toward the end of World War II and during the Korean War London UK - ZUMAk09
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt The scene as wounded American soldiers receive medical attention at a first aid station somewhere in Korea when the war of the United Nations continues against the Communist aggression. 1950 UnitedArchives01022728
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Halted in their tracks by a Red China roadblock, these American troops try to rest along the icy trail in sub-zero temperatures....2 GI s sprawl out in the road, using it as a bed. Others rest against the hilly terrain or inside and around jeaps hoping to find an escape... December 1950 UnitedArchives01022711
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt British prisoners of war pose in a North Korean camp, guarded by Chinese soldiers. 1951 UnitedArchives00579695
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt The War in Korea, 19th June 1951 A United States Marine carefully searches a captured Chinese Communist for concealed weapons to prevent him from later turning upon his captors and attacking them with a gun or knife hidden in his clothing. More than 150,000 Chinese and North Korean prisoners have been taken since aggression started in Korea in June 1950. UnitedArchives00467027
Korean War British seafury aircraft storms down the flight deck of HMS Glory, the carrier operating in Korean waters 15th June 1951 UnitedArchives00265861
Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt American Prisoners of War in North Korea, Pyongyang 28th September 1950 UnitedArchives00193163

Images in this collection

KOREAN WAR: INFANTRY, 1952. An American Second Infantry Division tank firing at Communist positions in Korea, July 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0044093

KOREAN WAR: SHIP REFUELING. The destroyer USS Shelton and the aircraft carrier USS Antietam refueling from the tanker USS Tolovana in Korean waters. The aircraft carrier USS Essex, in the the background, awaits her turn. Photograph, 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0035250

KOREAN WAR: U.S. MARINES heading for helicopters to take them to the front, March 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034955

KOREAN WAR, 1953. Radar observer Captain Hugo Schott, left, and pilot Second Lieutenant Harold Riggs enroute to their plane after hearing the scramble signal. Photographed January 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034593

KOREAN WAR: U.S. NAVY, 1953. U.S. Navy crewmen move an acoustic detonator over the side of a minesweeper during operations off the coast of Korea, February 1953. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034592

KOREAN WAR: HELICOPTER. U.S. soldiers load two stretcher cases onto a helicopter for transport to a hospital behind the front line, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0034591

KOREAN WAR: TRIANGLE HILL. Wounded American soldiers of the Seventh Infantry Division at the aid station during the struggle for Triangle Hill, October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018239

KOREAN WAR: INCHON, 1952. A United States Marine Corps tank rolls onto the beach at Inchon, South Korea in April 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018076

KOREAN WAR: INFANTRYMEN. American Infantrymen supported by tanks advance up a hill in Korea, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018075

KOREAN WAR: BUNKER HILL. A Marine observes the results of artillery action during the Battle of Bunker Hill, 12-16 August 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017834

KOREAN WAR: TRIANGLE HILL. Two Infantrymen of the Seventh Infantry Division helping a comrade wounded in the fighting on Triangle Hill, October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017832

KOREA: WOUNDED SOLDIER. An American soldier of the 7th Division is led toward a jeep after being wounded in the fighting on Triangle Hill. Photograph, 17 October 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017831

KOREAN WAR: ALLIED FORCES. Allied forces approaching Wonju, South Korea, in January 1951. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017769

KOREAN WAR, 1951. United Nations artillerymen firing Eighth Army 155mm guns against advancing communist troops, 1951. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017768

KOREAN WAR: ARMY CHAPLAIN. A U.S. Army chaplain giving extreme unction as American hospital corpsmen tend to a soldier critically wounded when a mortar shell scored a direct hit on his bunker atop Hill 266, known as Old Baldy, during the Korean War, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0001537

KOREAN WAR: ARTILLERYMEN. U.S. artillerymen firing an eight-inch self-propelled gun against a Communist-held position at the Korean front. Photograph, 1952. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0001535

RECORD DATE NOT STATED Sentries in front of the tent which hosts the Panmunjeom negotiations, Korea 1952 01 02 1952 972_33_W345646

HR MS. Piet Hein (1945-1961) in Japan during the Korean War. - Copyright: xpiemagsx nedmil060421-25473 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

Korean War railroad attack Copyright: xpiemagsx milflic16082021 (32526) !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

Ground crews prepare an F-86 Sabre with its 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing Checkertail for flight during the Korean War. Copyright: xpiemagsx milflic16082021 (21756) !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers raining bombs on a target in Korea as part of aerial warfare in January, 1951. Copyright: VernonxLewisxGallery StocktrekxImages JPA101472M

General Ridgway, Korean 8th army s supreme commander General Ridgway, Korean 8th army s supreme commander March 5, 1951 Korean war Washington. National archives Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A06_308

Wousan Harbor. Ships of the 7th American fleet. Wousan Harbor. Ships of the 7th American fleet. November 4, 1950 Korean war National Archives - Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A00058

U.N. war photographer with U.S. 2nd Infantry Division In Korea. U.N. war photographer with U.S. 2nd Infantry Division In Korea. October 1952 Korean war National Archives - Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A04_258

Photograph of an American Soldier taken during the Korean War Photograph of an American Soldier resting taken during the Korean War. Dated 1952 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A20304

August 2, 1951 - Korea - 108th Bombardment Squadron during the Korean War activation formation 1951. Korea - ZUMAz03_ 19510802_sha_z03_606 Copyright: xU.S.xAirxForcex

Nakdong River, Korea: August 15, 1951 Koreans washing their clothes in the Nakdong River. xUnderwoodxArchives 4-War-Kor-Mis_3

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt US Army artillery crew firing a 105 millimetre howitzer, against North Korean positions during the Korean War 1950 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_068_0671

July 1, 1953 - The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CVA-21) operating off North Korea. The flight deck crew is respotting aircraft in preparation for recovery of her last strike. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk107054m

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Men and equipment being parachuted to earth in an operation conducted by United Nations airborne units. Ca. 1951. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk105998m

November 20, 1950 - Fighting with the 2nd Infantry Division north of the Chongchon River, a weapons squad leader points out communist-led North Korean position to his machine gun crew. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk105995m

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Photograph of Captain Emil Kapaun helping another soldier carry an exhausted troop off the battlefield early in the Korean War. Dated 1952 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_055_0625

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Photograph of a Korean Girl and her Brother stood in front of a tank. Dated 1952 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_052_0826

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt Korean War 1953. American soldier comforts another soldier in distress WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_042_0721

The B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing that was flown primarily by the United States toward the end of World War II and during the Korean War London UK - ZUMAk09

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt The scene as wounded American soldiers receive medical attention at a first aid station somewhere in Korea when the war of the United Nations continues against the Communist aggression. 1950 UnitedArchives01022728

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt British prisoners of war pose in a North Korean camp, guarded by Chinese soldiers. 1951 UnitedArchives00579695

Korean War British seafury aircraft storms down the flight deck of HMS Glory, the carrier operating in Korean waters 15th June 1951 UnitedArchives00265861

Korea-Krieg 1950-1953 - Aufnahmedaten geschätzt American Prisoners of War in North Korea, Pyongyang 28th September 1950 UnitedArchives00193163