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A grief stricken American infantryman whose friend has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea. August 28, 1950. Sfc. Al Chang. (Army) U.S. Army Korea Media Center official Korean War online video archive
28 August 1950(1950-08-28)
A small South Korean child sits alone in the street, after elements of the 1st Marine Div. and South Korean Marines invaded the city of Inchon, in an offensive launched against the North Korean forces in that area. September 16, 1950. Pfc. Ronald L. Hancock. (Army)
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16 September 1950(1950-09-16)
With her brother on her back a war weary Korean girl tiredly trudges by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea. June 9, 1951. Maj. R.V. Spencer, UAF. (Navy)
NARA FILE #: 080-G-429691 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1485
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Date 9 June 1951(1951-06-09)
Operation Area In Korea Ex-Communist guerrilla Nim Churl Jin, upon his return, after two years in the hills with guerrilla forces, is greeted by his old mother who clutches him while screaming "Is it a dream? You cannot be my son. My son is dead?," in rice field outside his fami Location: Cholla-Namando, Korea (South) Date taken: November 1952 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea during attack on Hill 1051, on Kari San Mountain Source: US Archiv ARCWEB ARC Identifier: 520794 NARA National Archives and Records Administration] Date: 05/23/1951
Author: N H McMasters (US Dept of Defense)
Korean War MacArthur fired - Ridgway takes over 11 April 1951
US President Harry S Truman dismisses General Douglas MacArthur as commander of United Nations and US forces in the Far East after disagreements over foreign policy in Korea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/11/newsid_3708000/3708197.stm
Time Covers - The 50S Time cover: 07-16-1951 of Matthew B. Ridgway. Date taken: July 16, 1951
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/8124946/
According to the South Korean government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, (...) on Jan. 19, 1951, at least 51 villagers, including 16 children, were killed when U.S. planes napalmed Sansong, a village 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, southeast of Seoul.
A day later, it said, at least 167 villagers, more than half of them women, were burned to death or asphyxiated in Tanyang, 35 kilometers north of Sansong, when U.S. planes dropped napalm at the entrance of a cave filled with refugees. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/asia/21iht-incheon.1.14657938.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/asia/21iht-incheon.1.14657938.html
Korean war China's intervention September 1950
In mid-September, General MacArthur brought off a masterstroke by landing two divisions 240km (150 miles) in the enemy rear at the port of Inchon.
Their communications cut, and under heavy aerial bombardment, the North Koreans broke and fled back north; MacArthur ordered a hot pursuit which led across the 38th parallel and deep into North Korea. As the victorious UN forces drew near to the Manchurian border, there were ominous signals from Peking that communist China would intervene to defend its territory.
In mid-October, MacArthur met President Harry Truman on Wake Island in their first encounter to assure him that a massive UN offensive was about to conclude the war victoriously by Christmas. No sooner had this been launched in November than the Chinese unleashed their armies.
The UN forces recoiled in disorder and, by the new year, were defending a line well to the south of Seoul, the capital of South Korea. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/korea_hickey_01.shtml#two
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/korea_hickey_01.shtml#two
Korean War Inchon invasion September 1950
The Incheon landing helped UN troops recapture Seoul and drive back the North Koreans. But the tide turned again when the Chinese entered the war. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/asia/21iht-incheon.1.14657938.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
U.S. Marines landing at Inchon as battle rages during Korean Civil War. Location: Inchon, Korea Date taken: 1950 Photographer: Hank Walker
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On Sept. 10, 1950, five days before the Incheon landing, 43 U.S. warplanes swarmed over Wolmi, dropping 93 napalm tanks to "burn out" its eastern slope, according to declassified U.S. military documents reviewed by South Korean government investigators. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/asia/21iht-incheon.1.14657938.html
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Korean War The war breaks out in June 1950 with a Communist invasion from the north
Korean War 1950-1953
The Jack Benny Show in Korea with Errol Flynn. Location: Korea Date taken: July 1951 Photographer: Michael Rougier
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General Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964
Time Covers - The 50S TIME cover 07-10-1950 General Douglas MacArthur. Date taken: July 10, 1950 Photographer: Carl Mydans Life Images
Inchon Landing, Korea Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the bridge of flagship U.S.S. Mount McKinley, watching his X Corps (two regiments of the 1st Marine Division) making assault landing on beachhead. Location: Inchon, Korea (South) Date taken: September 1950 Photographer: Carl Mydans
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