Battle of Pusan Perimeter

SC347752 - KOREAN CONFLICT Pfc. Robert Smith of Springfield, Colo., (left) and Pvt. Carl Fisher of Ponca, Okla., 27th Infantry Regiment, dug in and firing at Communist-led North Korean positions. 4 September 1950. Korea. Signal Corps Photo #8A/FEC-50-7815 (Pfc. Thomas Nebbia)

Defense of the Pusan Perimeter, Summer 1950 - Gun crew of the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, fire a 105mm howitzer on North Korean positions near Uirson, South Korea. Photo #: SC 347107

SC346955 - KOREAN CONFLICT A .50 Cal. Machine gun squad of Co. E, 2nd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, fires on North Korean patrols along the north bank of the Naktong River, Korea. 26 August 1950. Korea. Signal Corps Photo #8A/FEC-50-7043 (Sfc. Riley)

Pfc. Clarence Whitmore, voice radio operator, 24th Infantry Regiment, reads the latest news while enjoying chow during lull in battle, near Sangju, Korea. August 9, 1950. Pfc. Charles Fabiszak, Army. (USIA) NARA FILE #: 306-PS-50-10721 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1396

A 60-ton crane at Pusan harbor, 1950

M26 tank west of Masan during Pusan Perimeter engagement, late summer 1950.

Marine Stretcher Bearers Carry a wounded Marine from the front lines to a forward aid station, in Korea, circa August 1950.

Original Caption: "Chaplain (Major General) Roy H. Parker, Chief of Chaplains, stops to look at a Korean prisoner of war who is a leper, near Pusan, Korea." Photographer: PFC Martin Kondreck (Kip). Original Field Number: JLC/FEC-50-20942

The Pusan-Seoul road and railway, 1950

CONFLICT IN KOREA: Div Arty attached to the 1st ROK Div fire 90MM AA against the North Korean forces north of Taegu. NARA FILE#: 111-SC-350451

Republic of Korea (ROK) soldiers march in typical column formation toward the front in August, 1950, during the Pusan Perimeter battle. This is a standard narrow dirt Korean road raised above rice paddies. (U.S. Army photo.)

U.S. troops are pictured on pier after debarking from ship, somewhere in Korea. August 6, 1950. Sgt. Dunlap. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-345283 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1382

This post-strike photo of the Korea battle area west of the Naktong River near Waegwan shows where U.S. Air Force Boeing B-29s made a mass strike on 16 August 1950, at the request of Army Forces in Korea. This photo shows the density of the bombing pattern with craters from the 500-pound bombs evident throughout the whole photo. The 99 planes bombed an area approximately 3 and 1/2 miles by 7 and 1/2 miles, unloading more than 3,400 500-pound bombs. AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM#: 77297 AC

Napalm Bomb Victims. Mute testimony of accuracy of close support missions flown by Fifth Air Force fighters are these Red Korean tanks, blasted out of the path of advancing 24th Infantry Division units near Waegwan, Korea. AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM#: 77799 AC