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the photos of Korean war by AVAX news



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Korean War. Part I



A North Korean prisoner of war awaits his fate. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1950



































Korean war refugees in the Inchon area, coming in to the US contingent of the United Nation's Forces for aid. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






South Korean political prisoners in Pusan, during the Korean War. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






An American soldier from South Carolina reports from a field post “somewhere in Korea”, where the Southern Koreans and forces of the United States are battling against the Communists from the North. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






A severely wounded Korean soldier smoking a cigarette in the grounds of an advance casualty cleaning unit. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images). 1950






An American soldier relaxes by taking a footbath in a spare helmet whilst reading a magazine, during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1950






A dramatic shot of 155mm Howitzer fire during night action in the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






An American soldier patrolling the streets of Inchon after the capture of this key port during the Korean war, is watched by a young Korean child. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






Suspected Communists captured near the lines are brought in for questioning, and later released during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1950






A South Korean soldier on guard at Taegu mission school, which served as a POW camp during the Korean War. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






US Marines of the UN invasion force which landed at Inchon in South Korea, advance inland during the Korean War. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






A US Marine (of the 1st Marine Division) uses a flame-thrower to burn out positions which could conceal North Korean snipers during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






South Korean troops round up suspect communists after the American invasion at the port of Inchon. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






Two soldiers, guns at the ready, keep watch for enemy advance in Korea. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






A civilian casualty of the US bombardment of Inchon in South Korea during the Korean War. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






American troops climbing down guide nets into assault craft in preparation for the first great counter-strike of the Korean campaign. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






An American soldier relaxing on a heap of kit-bags, shortly after the invasion and capture of the Korean port of Inchon. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






American troops walking down a road in Korea. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






Residents of the Korean port of Inchon surrender to American troops. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






A dead Korean soldier. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






An American soldier helping a wounded Korean to drink. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






South Korean Cavalry troops forming up in a street in Taegu, before being transported to the front. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






The scene after North Korean police massacred 300 South Korean civilians at Changa-Pa. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1950






US troops being dropped from a Sikorsky HRS-1 helicopter near the Korean front line. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






Suspected South Korean traitors are herded into lorries on their way to execution – an incident that was later investigated by a United Nations observer. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images). 1950






A weary and dispirited survivor of a lost battalion during the Korean War. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images). 1950






South Korean troops in the streets of Inchon with guns at the ready, following the invasion of the town by United Nations forces. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






An elderly woman and her grandchild wander among the debris of their wrecked home in the aftermath of an air raid by U.S. planes over Pyongyang, the Communist capital of North Korea. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). Circa 1950






An American soldier taking a chinese communist prisoner during the Korean war. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






An exchange of prisoners between the United Nations and the Communists at Panmunjom, Korea. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 11th August 1953


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Educative → Korean War. Part III



1st Lieutenant Henry Pugh taking a class in the operation of a 40mm gun at a Korean training area, 17th March 1954. (Photo by Evans)





A South Korean cavalry regiment make their way to Taegu Station, on their way to the front line of the Korean War, 16th September 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





Korean girls present a member of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army with a bouquet of flowers prior to the mass withdrawal of Chinese troops from North Korea, 29th March 1958. (Photo by Keystone)





Marines carry a wounded comrade through snow to a cleared airstrip for evacuation during the Korean War, 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





US Marines in amphibious assault craft moving towards Inchon in the first counter-attack of the Korean War, during a heavy bombardment of coastal defences by warships and aircraft, 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





Two American soldiers operating a 3.5 inch rocket-launcher somewhere on the front line during the Korean War, August 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





US Marines assemble their vehicles and equipment after a rearguard action against North Korean forces during the Korean War, 19th December 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





Korean refugees during the retreat south of US and Korean troops following the crossing of the 38th Parallel by the North Koreans, 1950. (Photo by Haywood Magee)





A North Korean prisoner of war being registered by a member of the South Korean forces at a POW camp at Taegu during the Korean War, 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





A centurion tank perched on a rocky ridge. Developed in 1944, the centurion first saw action in the Korean War, 21st January 1952. (Photo by Express)





A South Korean gun crew preparing to fire a 105 mm Howitzer in support of the 1st Korean Infantry Division, during the Korean War, 12th August 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





A prisoner staring through the bars at Taegu POW camp in Korea, 1950. (Photo by Picture Post)





Major Harry Hoffman watching target practice at a Korean training area, 1952. (Photo by Central Press)





An American Army tank firing on enemy positions in the area around Masan in Korea, 16th August 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





A Korean family share a bowl of rice on a bed in a refugee camp, still homeless nearly five years after the Korean war ended. 23rd July 1955. (Photo by John Chillingworth)





South Koreans waiting to board a street car in the strategically important town of Pusan, 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





Korean refugees fleeing from the war, 19th June 1951. (Photo by Central Press)





United States Army Chief of Staff General Collins studying a map of the front line during the battle for Korea, with Lieutenant General Walker, Brigadier General Farrell and Korean Brigadier General Paik, 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





South Korean military policemen stand over a group of 'political prisoners' on their way to execution in the Taejon area during the Korean War. Accused of treachery, they are forced to sit in a lorry with their heads bowed. 1950. (Photo by Haywood Magee)





Members of the 55 Independent Squadron wait to board the Empire Windrush at Southampton, to fight in the Korean War, 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





National Serviceman Tony Kemp of Bermondsey is greeted by his fiancee, on his return from Korea, at Waterloo, London, 1952. (Photo by Terry Fincher)





An American Marine searching a captured Chinese Communist in Korea, 19th June 1951. (Photo by Central Press)





Workers in a Peking uniform and bedding factory writing a letter to Mao Tse Tung to express their determination to increase production following the intervention of the Communist Volunteers in the Korean War, December 1950. (Photo by Keystone)





Brigadier Jean Allard, Commanding Officer of the Canadian Brigade breaks the news of a truce in the Korean war to Colonel K L Campbell, Commander of the 3rd battalion of the RCRS, 2nd August 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos)





Refugees in post-war Korea who have put up their makeshift home near a railway, 16th July 1955 (Photo by John Chillingworth)





A Korean soldier guards the Gloster Hill Memorial, situated in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. The memorial commemorates the British soldiers of the Gloucestershire Regiment who defended this mountain pass against the Chinese communists during the Korean War. 23rd June 1959. (Photo by Keystone Features)





A Korean refugee mother carries her child on her back through the streets of Pusan, the United Nations communications centre during the Korean war, 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





Two British soldiers hand over their dirty washing to a Korean laundry hand during the Korean War, 16th September 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy)





American soldiers leaping from an armoured personnel carrier during exercises in Korea, 17th March 1954. (Photo by Three Lions)



































Grover Whalen, right, chairman of the Korea Clothes Drive, donating a bag of clothes to be sent to Korean war victims, 22nd November 1951. (Photo by Keystone)






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Korean War. Part II



US Air Force B-29 Superfortresses dropping bombs on a strategic target during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1951






B-29s bombs exploding at a magnesium plant during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1953






US Marines of the UN invasion force which landed at Inchon in South Korea, advance inland during the Korean War. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






US Marines land from assault craft and climb over the sea defences at Inchon in South Korea during the Korean War, after heavy bombardment of coastal defences by warships. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






A civilian casualty arrives on the beach at Inchon in South Korea to see the US medical officer during the Korean War. US amphibious craft used in the invasion are in the background. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images). 1950






A US F-80 Shooting Star making a low-level attack with a napalm bomb on a storage centre at Suan, south-east of P'yongyang, during the Korean War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






South Korean political prisoners at Pusan, Korea. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






A United States navy Chance Vought F4U Corsair as it leaves the deck of a United States Navy aircraft carrier, operating off the coast of Korea, for a sortie against the Communist-led North Korean forces. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1952






Battle-weary American troops withdraw from Yong San in Korea. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1950






A Korean refugee and her child are watched by an American tank crew during the retreat south of US and Korean troops after the North Koreans crossed the 38th Parallel. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






A street in Inchon, South Korea, after the American landing. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images). 7th October 1950






The beach at Inchon, South Korea, after the American landing. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images). 7th October 1950






South Korean political prisoners under guard at Pusan. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images). 1950






An American gun crew firing a 105 mm Howitzer during the Korean War, 4th August 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)




















Two soldiers of the 1st Division of the South Korean Army laying anti-tank mines during the Korean War, August 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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