U.S. National Archives photos from the 1950s

A Korean youth, Kim Pak Soon, is taught one of the fundamental lessons of baseball--"get your glove up, and keep the fingers out of the way." His instructor is S/Sgt. James W. Black, Chicago, Ill., member of the Fifth Air Force's 49th Fighter Bomber Wing. As warm weather approaches, members of the 4

USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) underway in 1951

Seriously wounded soldier of the 116th Engineers, prior to his operation at the 121st Evacuation Hospital, in Yongdong-pu.

Men of 92nd Engineer Searchlight Company focus on Yodeler Elton Britt during Camel Caravan variety show at Hongchon, Korea.

98TH BOMB WING, JAPAN--Pfc. Benjamin Livingston flys as a gunner on one of the U.S. Air Force veteran 98th Bomb Wing's Superforts, defending the B-29 against Communist jet fighters.

An old Korean man takes a rest on the street in front of destroyed buildings, in Seoul.

Dense clouds of smoke from earlier attacks by Fifth Air Force tactical aircraft obscures most of the target area as an F-80 Shooting Star stands on its left wing tip banking sharply to line up another Korean Communist target in its gunsights.

British Commandos of the 41st Royal Marines plant demolition charges along railroad tracks of enemy supply line which they demolished during a commando raid, 8 miles south of Songjin, Korea.

Panmunjom, Korea, the site of military armistice negotiations between representatives of the Communist forces fighting in Korea, and United Nations forces representatives HD-SN-99-03174

AT FRONT LINES IN KOREA -- Tragedy is again by-passed as another fallen UN soldier receives blood plasma while being gingerly lifted into a stretcher of a U.S. Far East Air Forces H-5 helicopter of the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron. The wounded man will be delivered to rear area medical facilities in a ma

A soldier of the Republic of Korea Army eating lunch in a war-destroyed house in Munsan-ni, Korea, as a field ration made in Japan for the Republic of Korea Army is shown unpacked.

A giant transport of the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command roars in for a landing at an advanced airfield somewhere in Korea

Air dropped by the 437th Troop Carrier Wing, paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team descend to earth during a practice maneuver somewhere in the Far East.

View of F-86 airplanes on the flight line getting ready for combat. Air Force.

At the United Nations' prisoner-of-war camp at Pusan, prisoners are assembled in one of the camp compounds. The camp contains both North Korean and Chinese Communist prisoners.

A little Korean girl places a wreath of flowers on the grave of an American soldier, while Private First Class, Chester Painter and Corporal, Harry May present arms, at the United Nations cemetery in Pusan.

Pfc. Roman Prauty, a gunner with 31st RCT (crouching foreground), with the assistance of his gun crew, fires a 75mm recoilless rifle, near Oetlook-tong, Korea, in support of infantry units directly across HD-SN-99-03094

Paratroopers of the 187th RCT Regimental Combat Team float earthward from C-119's to cut off retreating enemy units south of Munsan, Korea.

B-29s 98th BG(M) bombing target in Korea 1951

Torrential rains in North Korea which have turned creeks and tributaries into swollen flood waters pose no particular stoppage problem to the operations of tactical Fifth Air Force fighter bombers. A pair of sleek, sturdy F-51 "Mustangs" of the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing cross this swollen stream with

Colonel James Murray, Jr., USMC, and Colonel Chang Chun San, of the North Korean Communist Army, initial maps showing the north and south boundaries of the demarcation zone, during the Panmunjom cease fire talks.

8225th MASH personnel with H-13 helo in Korea 1951 (cropped)

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur is shown inspecting troops of the 24th Infantry on his arrival at Kimpo airfield for a tour of the battlefront. International News Photos.

Bombs Away-Regardless of the type of enemy target lying in this rugged, mountainous terrain of Korea, very little will remain after the falling bombs have done their work. This striking photograph of the lead bomber was made from a B-29 "Superfort" of the Far East Air Forces 19th Bomber Group on the

HQ., 20TH AIR FORCE, OKINAWA --- As take-off time approaches, Airman Joseph Migliardi, 274 King St., Port Chester, N.Y., runs a last minute check on the remote control apparatus of his.50 claiber machine guns

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F-86E 51st FW over Korea Sep 1952

B-26 Invader takes off in Korea 1952

FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA--With a photograph of a Communist gun position in front of him, Sgt. James E. Kindseth moves in for a better view. His reports on Red flak are used in briefing fighter-bomber pilots on how best to approach heavily defended targets.

F-84E gun test in Korea 1952

"Freedom Gate Bridge" spanning the Imjin River, built by the 84th Engineer Construction Battalion This bridge temporarily replaces the original structure which was destroyed by bombs.

View of RB-29 of the 31st Reconnaissance Squadron, somewhere over Korea.

Leaving a fiery trail,.50 caliber bullets streak through the night as maintenance men of the 49th Fighter Bomber Wing in Korea, test fire a Republic F-84 "Thunderjet." Wing guns will be checked and put in perfect firing order before the plane takes off in the morning on a bombing and strafing missi

Infantrymen of the 27th Infantry Regiment, near Heartbreak Ridge, take advantage of cover and concealment in tunnel positions, 40 yards from the Communists HD-SN-99-03086

Tokyo--This oblique photograph, taken by an aircraft of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, discloses that the Chosen Power Plant No. 3 was made unserviceable by recent UN warplane attacks. The three penstocks were severed by bomb bursts, and the generator house received four direct hits. The tra

Fifth Air Force, Korea--Winging their way through the skies over North Korea, these heavily loaded U.S. Air Force F-84 "Thunderjets" of the 474th Fighter Bomber Wing, head for a Communist military target somewhere north of the 38th parallel. These speedy warcraft almost daily are hitting enemy suppl

Bell H-13 and Curtiss C-46 in Korea 1952

FIFTH AIR FORCE, KOREA - Its swept wings and sleek fuselage distinguish the North American F-86 "Sabre Jet", America's fastest jet fighter

OVER ENEMY TERRITORY IN KOREA--One of the nine missions assigned to the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) is the dropping of paratroopers in airborne assaults

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Fifth Air Force, Korea--Keeping a wary eye open for Russian-built MIG-15s, the pilots of these U.S. Air Force F-86 "Sabre" jets of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing patrol the skies high over North Korea protecting fighter bomber operations. Pilots of the 51st FI Wing have shot down more than 145 MI

Photograph of the President and Mrs. Truman, with other dignitaries, at the Lincoln Memorial for ceremonies honoring Abraham Lincoln on his birthday.

315th AIR DIVISION, FAR EAST--One hundred paratroopers of the Indian Paratroop Battalion board a U.S. Air Force 374th Troop Carrier Wing C-124 "Globemaster" at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, enroute to Korea to serve with other Indian Custodial Forces in the demilitarized zone

Petition to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from Members of the ACYL

A group of POWs being interviewed by the press at Freedom Village, Korea, proudly display their camp mascot "Oscar" a pet magpie. Left to right are: Cpl. Edward F. Beck, 604 Conroy St., Cincinnati, Ohio; Sgt. Frederick C. Brockmays, 514 N. Butler Blvd., Lansing, Mich., Cpl. James H. Sweeny, 2021 Eth

Petition to General Mark W. Clark from Members of the Yongchon Branch ACYL

OVER NORTHWEST KOREA --- Sleek U.S. Air Force F-86 "Sabre" jets of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing form this pattern of power as they patrol skylanes high over "MIG-Alley" in northwest Korea.

COMBAT CARGO, JAPAN--Clasping his wife tightly in his arms, aboard a Combat Cargo C-124 "Globemaster" just after it landed near Tokyo, Capt. Zach W. Dean of El Dorado, Kan., the third U.S. Air Force repatriate returned by the Communists, finishes the first leg of his long trip back from a Red prison

F-86Es 51FIW Korea 1952

Battle equipped paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team wait to board C-46s of the 315th Combat Cargo Group prior to take-off on an airborne assault mission somewhere in Korea.

FEAF BOMBER COMMAND, JAPAN--As the words informing the world of the truce being signed in Korea reached the ears of military personnel in Korea and Japan, emotions were expressed in a variety of ways

HQ. FEAF, TOKYO --- With reassembly and ground checks completed, the MIG is taxiied to take-off position by a U.S. Air Force test pilot on Okinawa. The Russian-built fighter was flown by five Air Force pilots. It was found that performance of the MIG was below that of the F-86 "Sabre" jet.

During the UN POW exchange at Panmunjom, Korea, a Communist POW verbally abuses an American Army Major saying, "You will be tried by the Peoples Court and be shot."

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HQ. FEAF, TOKYO--Col. John K. Arnold Jr. (right), Montgomery, Ala., is escorted by Col. Herbert R. Volin, Tokyo Air Force Depot Commander FEAMCOM Air Base, from a U.S. Air Force C-54 after landing at FEAMCOM on the second lap of his trip to the U.S.

Three Vietnamese women move back into the Cholon area after Viet Cong attack that left a two-block area leveled, in hopes of salvaging meager belongings. Saigon, January 31, 1968., 1958 - 1974

Black smoke covers areas of the capital city and fire trucks rush to the scenes of fires set during attacks by the Viet Cong during the festive Tet holiday period. Saigon, 1968., 1958 - 1974