The Korean War 1950-1953 - LIFE magazine (2)
The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes,
with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953.
The conflict arose from the attempts of the two Korean powers to re-unify Korea under their respective governments.
The period immediately before the war was marked by escalating border conflicts at the 38th Parallel
and attempts to negotiate elections for the entirety of Korea.
Douglas MacArthur in Korea, 1950.
A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea
during attack on Hill 1051, on Kari San Mountain. / May 23, 1951.
A 4.2-inch mortar crew of the Heavy Mortar Company, 179th Regiment, 45th U.S. Infantry Division,
fires on Communist positions, west of Chorwon, Korea.
South Korean soldiers getting off a tank at a Suwon street in the winter of 1951.
British Centurion Tank.
US Soldier views the battered remains of the Communist defenders of Hill 268,
which was taken by men of the 5th RCT, 1st Cavalry Division in their advance on Waegwan, Korea. (Sept 1950)
A truck travels along the main supply route near Chupa-Ryonk, Korea, unobserved by enemy. 1951. 9. 21.
South Africa Air Forces in Korea(1)
South Africa Air Forces in Korea(4)
Div Arty attached to the 1st ROK Div fire 90MM AA against the North Korean forces north of Taegu.
President Truman pins the Distinguished Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters on the shirt of General Douglas MacArthur during a ceremony at the airstrip on Wake Island, Oct. 14, 1950.
Smoke rises over debris-littered streets as tanks lead U.N. forces in the recapture of Seoul, Korea, Sept. 28, 1950.
David Douglas Duncan's photograph of Capt. Ike Fenton near the Naktong River.
F2H Banshee pilot
American troops and some South Koreans are in a ditch along the road running near the Naktong River in South Korea.
A U.S. Marine Marksman using a telescopic sight and with his Springfield cocked and ready, waits for a troublesome North Korean sniper to pop up so he can pick him off in Seoul.
Korea's west-central front on June 9, 1951.
Pyeongtaek, South Korea 1952
Bowling Alley 1960.
