Pictures during the Korean War



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Vought F4U-4B "Corsair" Fighters,
of Fighter Squadrons 113 and 114 (VF-113 & VF-114)

This picture shows pilots preparing to launch aboard USS
Philippine Sea (CV-47), during strikes on North Korean targets, on 19 October 1950.
There are small bombs, with fuse extensions, on the planes' wings.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.



USS Missouri (BB-63)

The USS Missouri is a ship which could fire a salvo of 16-inch shells from turret # 2 while bombarding Chongjin, a place which is very near North Korea, in an attempt to disrupt North Korean communications, in October 1950.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.


This photograph was taken on June 9, 1951. This Korean refugee is carrying her baby brother on her back and is walking past a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea.



This photograph (taken on October 18, 1950) depicts the scene of war damage in a residential section of Seoul. The capitol building can be seen in the background (right-hand side).