Army puts collection of Korean War photos, videos online

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A U.S. soldier questions two Korean boys serving in the North Korean army after their capture by the 389th Infantry Regiment in 1950. The photo is one of about 150 Korean War photos from Defense Department archives that the U.S. Army in South Korea recently posted on the Internet. It also posted videos of wartime footage shot by U.S. military cameramen.


Army puts collection of Korean War photos, videos online
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Monday, January 5, 2009

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — The U.S. Army is now offering on the Internet a rare and often stark look at Korean War combat captured through the lenses of military photographers and other cameramen.

The images — which also document the plight of Korea’s war-stricken refugees — provide a broad look at the 1950 to 1953 war that ravaged the peninsula and led to a U.S. military presence in South Korea that continues to this day.

Installation Management Command-Korea posted more than 40 video clips and about 150 still photos from Defense Department archives that show all the services in action.

The videos can be found on YouTube, and the photos are on Flickr.

"This collection of videos and still photographs really is a treasure trove of historical information about the Korean War and the years that followed," said IMCOM-K spokesman Edward N. Johnson.


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