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Taking their wounded and their equipment, 5th and 7th Marines reorganize at Yudam-ni after fighting off three Chinese divisions, and begin a five-day battle over 15 icy miles back to Hagaru-ri. Marines burned surplus gear to leave mothing for the enemy. Temperatures fell to 25 degrees below zero, to thaw them out, #A-4858 November 29, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. F. C. Kerr
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A soldier of the United Nations troops fires from behind a barricade at Communist-led North Korean forces in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #351391 September 20, 1950

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Picture C. In an open formation march these North Korean prisoners taken by the Marines in a foothills fight. #A-3242 September 30, 1950

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Destination unknown. Throngs of Battle weary Korean civilians crowd a Korean road seeking safety from the continuous fighting. #355573 January 24, 1951

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The road back . . . Astonished Marines of the 5th and 7th Regiments, who hurled back a surprise onslaught by three Chinese Communist divisions hear that they are to withdraw! In five days and nights of below-zero winds and icy roads, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3, they fought back 15 miles through Chinese hordes to Hagaru-ri, on the southern tip of Chosin Reservoir, Where they reorganized for the epic, 40 mile fight down mountain trails to the sea. They brought out their wounded and their equipment. Nov. 29 - Dec.3, 1950 #A-4846 November 29 - Dec. 3, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. F. C. Kerr
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On the March - Elements of First Marine Division advance after successfully overcoming an enemy ambush. Close air support of U. S. Marine airmen played a major role in paving the way, Dec.6, 1950. #A-5466 January 5, 1951

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Photographer: Sgt. F. C. Kerr, USMC
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Marine patrol moves to the outskirts of Chang Don village, #A-1173 September 20, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. Frank C. Kerr
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Marines advancing in the Naktong River battle after their tanks had knocked out an enemy, shown burning here. Marching column circled the tank to the right, waiting for its ammunition rocket launcher. Marines used everything they had, swept Naktong bulge clear in bitter fighting, Sept.4, 1950. #A-2246 September 4, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. Frank C. Kerr
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First Marine Division Leathernecks slog through blazing brush and smoke on a hill in Central Korea. The hill was an inferno after planes dropped napalm bombs upon the enemy. #A-7431 May 3, 1951

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Photographer: Pfc. Carl T. Wehner
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Marines in the assault on the central Korean front #A-6759 [1950-1951]

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Photographer: Pfc. Carl T. Wehner
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Marine scout spots a compound in foothills where there probably are concealed enemy troops. #A-3212 [1950-1951]

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Photographer: Sgt. [Willliam R.] Keating, USMC
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Every Marine a Fighting Marine - A combat correspondent of the First Marine Division joins the infantrymen about whom he writes on the firing line during a sharp fire fight on the central Korean front. He is Staff Sergeant Emil M. Shutak of 344 Third St., Eynon, PA. Before going overseas he was editor of the "Windsock", weekly newspaper of the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC. #A-6948 March 29, 1951

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Photographer: Sgt. William R, Keating
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Rocket man of 2nd Battalion 7th Marines lets go with a difficult shot against dug-in communists on hills in North Korea. Note special projectile training smoke into left upper corner of picture, Nov.3,1950. #A-4531 November 3, 1950

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Photographer: Cpl. Peter McDonald. USMC
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Close Support - This is one of a series of three remarkable combat photographs showing the close coordination of U. S. Marine Air and Ground units during recent fighting with Chinese Communists in Korea. U. S. Marines move forward after effective close support of their hillside entrechments. Billows of smoke rise skyward from the target area. #A-5439 January 5, 1951

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Photographer: Cpl. Peter McDonald, USMC
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Close Support - This is one of a series of three remarkable combat photographs showing the close coordination of the U. S. Marine Air and Ground units during recent fighting with Chinese Communists in Korea. U. S. Marines drive forward after effective close air support of F4U-5 Corsairs. Billows of smoke and flame from a small target area bear out the accuracy of the flying Leathernecks' markmanship. #A-5438 January 5, 1951

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Photographer: Cpl. Peter McDonald, USMC
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Weapons company, in line with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, is trying to contact temporarily cutoff Fox Company in flanking engagement to permit 5th and 7th Marines to withdraw from Yudam-ni area, Nov. 27, 1950. #A-4886 December 22, 1950

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Photographer: Cpl. Peter McDonald, USMC
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Religious service in Korea - Members of the 65th Regimental combat team, 3rd Infantry Division take Holy Communion during a Catholic religious service in Korea. #361874 April 20, 1951

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Korean Conflict - United Nations troops fighting in the streets of Seoul, Korea #SC 351382 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Men of the 187th Airborne RCT make a practice jump as a part of their program for perfecting airborne technique #SC 359796 March 7, 1951

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Picture B. Marines bring back these North Korean prisoners after a sharp fight #A-3241 [1950-1951]

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A. C. lines and canopies - A cluster of over 40 colored parachutes carrying ammunition to United Nations troops near the front in Korea, blossoms out behind the open doors of a C-119 Flying Boxcar of the U. S. Far East Air Forces. #79329 March 21, 1951

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A. C. Bitter Cold, Bitter fight. While units of the U. S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command made an allout effort to aid embattled units of the First Marine Division and Seventh infantry division, the men fighting in Korea were trying desparately to link up in their battle for survival. This marine is shown just as he reached the crest of the ridge at the link-up point. Wet, stinging snow and ice made the operation the most difficult sort, as unleashed hordes of communist troops charge again and again into the United Nations forces, Dec. 1950. #78460 December 1950

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Korean Conflict - Litter bearers of the United Nations forces carry a soldier wounded in the street fighting, to aid station, in Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351385 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Wounded American soldiers are given medical treatment at a first aid station, somewhere in Korea. #SC 344399-A July 25, 1950

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A. C. - For A Buddy. This group of entrapped marines struggles down a road carrying a helpless letter patient to a cleared strip for air evacuation . . . #78464 December 21, 1950

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Rescue of Sole Survivor of Plane Crash - Sfc. Haruo Sazaki of the Military Intelligence Service Detachment (center), in helped from a rescue helicopter . . . #SC 344443 July 22, 1950

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The United Nations Flag flies over a throng of South Korean refugees awaiting a visit of Dr. Synghman Rhee, President of the Republic of South Korea. The Koreans have fled int he face of the advancing enemy. #SC 344511 July 30, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Pvt. Jim Sullivan of Modesta, Calif., 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, watches for the enemy while his buddy gets a little rest, somewhere in Korea. #SC 344934 July 31, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Front line troops receive mail from home. #SC 344046 July 24, 1950

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Korean Conflict - A member of the 25th Infantry Division joins South Koreans at a mass conducted by Chaplain John Kawski, U. S. Army, in a Korean chapel near the front lines. #SC 351474 October 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Members of 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division maintain radio communication . . . #SC 348658 September 16, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Native Koreans help in building a sand bridge for tank use, parallel to a lighter capacity pontoon bridge at the town of Shunehu, on a tributary of the Naktong River #SC 346620 August 24, 1950

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Korea. Pin point accuracy is verified by church unscratched by Naval bombardment at Pohang. #USN 710034 October 16, 1950

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"Operation Piggy-back" A Korean civilian carries his father across the icy Han River, fleeing to safety from the Chinese Communists. . . . #SC 356353 February 6, 1951

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Korean Conflict - United Nations troops and tanks fighting on the outskirts of Seoul, Korea. #SC 351386 September 20, 1950

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Korean conflict - Black smoke forms a film from artillery fire as United Nations troops fight it out in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351387 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Two members of the United Nations forces on the alert behind sand bag cover during fighting in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351388 September 20, 1950

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Closing In - Elements of the 3rd Infantry Division move in on an objective after stemming the enemy thrust, somewhere on the Korean fighting front. #SC 361859 April 20, 1951

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Marines at Work - Close-in fire support is furnished Leathernecks fighting Chinese Communists in Korea. . . . #A-7762-A May 29, 1951

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Photographer: Cpl. Bolhower
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Leathernecks inch forward under fire on the central Korean Front #A-6862 [1950-1951]

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Photographer: Cpl. W. T. Wolfe
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Korean Conflict - Lieutenant Fred J. Tees of Canal Town, PA, a member of the Air Tactical Squadron One, 1st Marine division, takes potshots at Red troops with an M1 sniper rifle. In the background is the Seoul Railroad Bridge which crosses the Han River, in Korea. #SC 348827 September 23, 1950

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A Marine Corps patrol searches out the emeny in operations on the central Korean front. #A-6956 April 12, 1951

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Photographer: Sgt. John Babyak
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Korean Conflict - A member of the United Nations troops fires a submachine gun on Communist-led North Korean forces, during fighting in the streets of Seoul. #SC 351390 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Smoke from artillery shells covers an area as United Nations troops fight in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351381 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Smoke from artillery fire clouds the streets as United Nations troops continue their fight against the Communist-led North Korean forces, in Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351380 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Troops of the United Nations moving through the streets during fighting in Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351378 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Members of the united Nations forces searching for Communist-led North Korean soldiers during fighting in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351379 September 20, 1950

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Marine combat cameraman Staff Sergeant Uel O. Graham of Box 446 Upland, Calif., in the field with the 1st Marines on the central Korean front. #A-7089 [1950-1951]

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Photographer: Sgt. William R. Keating
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Signal Corps Cameraman in Korea - Cpl. John S. Romanowski of Chicago, IL, a member of Co. A, 71st Signal Service Battalion assigned to the Photographic Division, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Toyoko, as a motion picture cameraman, covers the war between South Korea and the Communist-led North Korea borders. #SC 342938 July 6, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Members of the 2nd Signal Co. Photographic Section, 2nd infantry Div., assisted by a Korean helper, process film at a film laboratory near Miryang, Korea. Left to right: Lee, Deju; Pvt. Raymond R. Dussault, Springfield Mass. and Pfc. E. Matayoshi, Honolulu, T.H. #SC 361756 July 27, 1950

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Korean Conflict - U. S. Army Photographers of the 71st Signal Service Battalion, attached to Photo division, GHQ, FEC, advance with troops near Haengju, Korea. They are Sgt. Herbert Nutter of Los Angeles, Calif.,; Cpl. John S. Romanowsky of Chicago, Ill.;, and Sfc. Martin H. Barnes of Lebanon, PA. #SC 349132 September 23, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Cpl. John Romanowski, Co. A, 71st Signal Service Battalion, assigned to Photo Division, GHQ, FEC, setting a diaphragm on a motion picture camera in Seoul, Korea. #SC 351389 September 20, 1950

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Korean Conflict - A newsreel team of the 167th Signal Photo Company "Shoots" a scene at the South Korean CIC Headquarters, in Seoul, Korea. #SC 352274 November 4, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Members of General Headquarters, Far East Command Photo Team, covering the conflict in Korea, prepare to leave for the front lines to photograph the offensive launched by U. S. forces against the North Korean troops. Front row, left to right: 1st Lt. Robert L. Strickland, Atlanta GA; Cpl. Atlee E. Lamasters, Moundsville, W. VA; Back row, left to right: Pfc. Ronald Hancock, Jacksonville, Fla., Pfc. Marion H. Carlton, and Sfc. Martin W. Barnes. #SC 348697 September 19, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Sfc. Martin Barnes, a U. S. Army Photographer, takes photos of South Koreans fighting fires in their homes after the invasion of Inchon by the 1st Marine Division. #SC 348512 September 16, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Sfc. Al Chang of Honolulu, T. H., combat photographer of Co. A., 71st Signal Service Battalion, GHQ, Toyko, Japan, leans against the rear of an American 11-4 tank #SC 347930 September 7, 1950

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Photographers depart for Korea - Photographers of Company A. 71st Signal Service Battalion attached to Photo Division, GHQ, prior to leaving for Korea to cover the Korean conflict pictorially. Left to right: 1st Lt. John H. Fleiger, Netcong, N.J.; Sfc. Albert Chang, Honolulu, T.H.; Sgt. Ray Turnball, Mimai Beach, Fla.; and Cpl. Ralph J. Conner, Stewart, VA. #SC 346133 August 17, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Pfc. Tomi Yammotti, Seattle, WA, U. S. Army Photographer, takes combat pictures during action in which North Korean invaders attempted to set up a road block, somewhere in Korea. #SC 346087 August 13, 1950

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Korean Conflict - Sgt. Charles R. Turnbull of Miami Beach, Fla.; a member of Co. A, 71st Signal Service Battalion, GHQ, FEC, assigned to the Photo Section, Toyko, Japan, takes a break during a lull in the battles while covering the conflict. #SC 343817 July 18, 1950

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War in Korea - Sgt. Charles R. Turnbull of Miami Beach, Florida, a member of Co. A., 71st Signal Service Battalion, assigned to the Potographic Division, General Headquarters, Far East Command, Toyko, Japan, as Signal Corps cameraman, uses a Signal Corps combat camera in covering the war between South Korea and the communist-led North Korean invaders. #SC 342949 July 7, 1950

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As Against "The shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn, Leathernecks use scaling ladders to storm ashore at Inchon in a amphibions [sic] invasion, Sept. 15, 1950. It was one of the fastest operations on record, perfectly times, with waves of Marines almost stubling [sic] over proceeding ones. The attack was so swift that casualties were surprisingly low. #A-3190 September 30, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. Walter Frank
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Sargeant Frank G. Kerr #A-6580 March 6, 1951

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Photographer: Sgt. James Powers
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Chinese Communist troops, wearing tennis sneakers, rags and American footgear surrender to Charley Company 7th Marines south of Koto-ri. #A-5377 December 21, 1950

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Mountain gale lashes Marines in sub-zero weather as they move out from Koto-ri on return to sea. #A-5370 December 21, 1950

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Photographer: Sgt. Frank C. Kerr
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Dash for Cover - U. S. Marines dash for cover, during close contact with enemy forces somewhere on the Korean fighting front. #A-7434 April 26, 1951

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Photographer: Pfc. Carl Wehner
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Korean Conflict - Soldiers of the United Nations troops moving in on Communist-led North Korean forces in an abandoned building, during fighting in the streets of Seoul, the capital of Korea. #SC 351392 September 20, 1950

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Men of the 1st Marine Division dash for cover during close contact with the enemy troops, somewhere on the Korean front. #A-7797 May 9, 1951

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Photographer: Martin Hoff