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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