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KMAG Headquarters, Seoul, South Korea circa 1950 Photo: US Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Lee shi-yong crop Photo: Sgt. Ray Turnbull · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 1950-08-Korean War-captive US soldiers Photo: 《人民画报》 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Seoul Street View Photo: Gene Putnam · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Keijo Station in Seoul, Korea Photo: Gene Putnam · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Han River Bridge at Seoul Photo: Gene Putnam · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Capitol Building (Japanese General Government Building, Seoul, ca. 1950) Photo: Gene Putnam · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Look Out Post at National Folk Museum in Seoul Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Tank unit of the Korean People's Army enters the streets of Seoul while being welcomed by… Photo: Unknown author Unknown author
Courtesy 新聞攝影局稿 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Wreckage of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning and its killed pilot after being shot down by the K… Photo: Unknown author Unknown author
Courtesy 新聞攝影局稿 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Women parade and celebrate in front of Namdaemun after the North Korean capture of Seoul,… Photo: Unknown author Unknown author
Courtesy 新聞攝影局稿 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons South Korean Women's Army unit marches through Seoul Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons SeoulReturnedToRhee Photo: Unknown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Sudo Theatre (Scala Theatre), Seoul 16MAR1951 Photo: 首都劇場 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 195103 1950年朝鲜战争中国志愿军攻入汉城 Photo: 《人民画报》 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 195103 1950年朝鲜战争中国志愿军攻入汉城2 Photo: 《人民画报》 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 195103 1950年朝鲜战争中国志愿军攻入汉城独立门 Photo: 《人民画报》 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Building (Namdaemun?; 1951) Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ROK soldier guards the destroyed road bridge over the Han River Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons South Korean man smoking a pipe in front of a movie poster in Seoul Photo: Dunkley, Harold Vaughan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 전쟁중의 서울시내 Photo: 한국정책방송원 · KOGL Type 1 · Wikimedia Commons Counteroffensive After the Battle of Inchon Photo: Seokjihyang · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons General Douglas MacArthur and members of his staff during Korean War Photo: Robert W. Porter, United States Army, Harry S. Truman Libra… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons General Douglas MacArthur attends a briefing session during Korean War Photo: Robert W. Porter United States Army; Harry S. Truman Librar… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons IDP woman fleeing Pohang, South Korea in 1950 Photo: Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of th… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons South Korean refugees mid-1950 Photo: U.S. Defense Department · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Refugees in Korea Photo: United States Army; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons South Korean refugees pass 3RAR bivouac near Taegu Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean refugees walk towards Taegu Photo: Holzheimer, Claude Rudolph · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons A Korean woman and her family flee fighting Photo: Robertson, Ian · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Refugees wait to cross a North Korean river Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons South Korean refugee camp Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons KoreachildrenWPC Photo: Claxton Ray · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons Koreans in Yodo-Ri, Korea, February 1952 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Korean Girl Carrying Her Younger Brother On Her Back Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Boy and Girl Playing with Tape Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Children Standing by Doorway Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Local People on a Street in Korea Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Man Dumping Trash Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Local People on a Street in Korea, Children Playing Photo: Gene Putnam; Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons A young child stands beside a sign post on the southern outskirts of Taegu Photo: Holzheimer, Claude Rudolph · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean boy sits in the air intake of a No. 77 Squadron Meteor at Kimpo Air Base Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Australian Field Maintenance soldiers their mascot "Hotrod" Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean children salute 1RAR cook Photo: Holzheimer, Claude Rudolph · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean girl scrubs the back of a 3RAR soldier Photo: Robertson, Ian · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 3RAR soldiers seek directions from Korean boys in Seoul Photo: Hobson, Phillip Oliver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Kim who served as runner for the Western Wolfpack on HMAS Bataan Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean orphan begging in Seoul Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Most Feared Weapon-Prisoner interrogation has determined that napalm bombs are the most f… Photo: U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons B006-C004-0328-01 L Photo: Paul Gould Schlessinger · KOGL Type 1 · Wikimedia Commons B006-C004-0330-01 L Photo: Paul Gould Schlessinger · KOGL Type 1 · Wikimedia Commons B006-C004-0626-01 L Photo: Paul Gould Schlessinger · KOGL Type 1 · Wikimedia Commons Walking with artificial limbs Photo: Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medi… · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Navy Medicine 14-0078-004 Photo: Navy Medicine · No known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons Navy Medicine 14-0078-003 Photo: Navy Medicine · No known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons Navy Medicine 14-0078-005 Photo: Navy Medicine · No known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons Navy Medicine 14-0078-001 Photo: Navy Medicine · No known copyright restrictions · Wikimedia Commons Korea delegation Photo: US Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Peng 1 Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons 김일성 장군과 휴전협정 Photo: Public domain Public domain false false
This work was firs… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Armistice 1953 Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Armistice Text 1953 Photo: People's Daily · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Armistice Zh-Text 1953 Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Armistice Ko-Text 1953 Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Korean Armistice En-Text 1953 Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons General Clark signs the Korean Armistice Agreement Photo: U.S. Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Kim Il-sung signed for Korean Armistice Agreement Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons William Kelly Harrison Jr Photo: Unknown military photographer of Signal Corps · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Kim Il Sung signature on Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953 Photo: United States Department of State · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Peng Dehuai signature on Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953 Photo: United States Department of State · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons H-5 and H-19 helicopters at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Lieutenant General William Kelly Harrison on his way to sign the truce at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons North Korean guard at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons UN honour guard outside armistice building at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Correspondents and UN honor guard outside armistice building at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons KPA officer at Panmunjom Photo: Bushby, Donald Douglas George · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Avenger and AD-K50, Socho-ri, circa 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Advertising Barker, Downtown Kobe, March 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons British Destroyer in Sea of Japan Straits, 1 April 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 2d Battalion Flame Throwers, 24 June 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Brown, Shipp, and Mac Shaving, 3 July 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 30 Caliber Machine Gun Tracers from Charley Company, 4 July 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 5 Needle Pine at Soyang Problem Area, 5 July 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Building Bunker, August 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 7th Regiment USO Show, August 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Back from -673, September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Back From -673, September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Artillery Toward -673, September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Bunker, September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 4.2 in. Mortar, September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 7th Marine Regiment Reserve Area, 22 September 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Artillery on Razorback, October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Barber Shop, 1st Marine Division, near Imjim, October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Bill Laurie, Soyang Valley, October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Artillery Toward Mu-San, October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 1st Division Colors near Imjan, 3 October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 1st Battalion Band in Morning Fog, 7 October 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons -749 Forward Slope, November 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Army Band, Camp Tripoli, December 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 500 -8 Napalm CO-2 Air Strike from -742, December 1951 Photo: Archives Branch, USMC History Division · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons 1950s · War and Armistice →
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