#PusanPerimeter
In #SEPTEMBER 1950
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‘United States soldiers fighting to take the crest of a hill in September 1950’
Photograph by #DavidDouglasDuncan (1916-2018 👉ALT)
Breakout from the Perimeter begins 16 Sept.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #blackandwhitephotography #photojournalism
September 24, 2026 at 7:08 AM
In #SEPTEMBER 1950
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‘M24 Chaffee light tanks of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division wait for an assault of North Korean T-34-85 tanks at Masan.’ September 1950.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #USArmy #Masan #blackandwhitephotography
September 23, 2026 at 7:57 AM
American and South Korean forces had been driven down to the south-eastern corner of the penninsula, the ‘Pusan Perimeter’.
#blackandwhitephotography #warphotography #Korea #KoreanWar #PusanPerimeter #Yongsan #NaktongRiver
September 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#OTD in 1950
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‘A grief stricken American infantryman whose friend has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea.’
#Korea #KoreanWar #PusanPerimeter #USArmy #HaktongNi
August 28, 2026 at 8:21 AM
#OTD in 1950
‘Korean civilians fleeing from the North Korean forces, killed when caught in the line of fire during night attack by guerrilla forces near Yongsan’
Photo Cpl. Ingram, U.S. Army, August 25, 1950
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #Yongsan
August 25, 2026 at 7:49 AM
In #AUGUST 1950
Pershing and Sherman tanks of the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion at the Pusan Docks, Korea
Ca. August 1950
#KoreanWar #Korea #tanks #blackandwhitephotography #Pusan #PusanPerimeter
August 22, 2026 at 7:22 AM
NKPA prisoners taken in the days that followed were screened with the help of the survivors to identify the perpetrators.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #Hill303Massacre #USArmy #UnitedNations #NKPA
August 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
All are members of the 24th Reconnaissance, 24th Division.’
Photo by ‘Sgt. Riley’, 17 August 1950. (NARA FILE#: 111-C-6061)
#KoreanWar #USArmy #tank #M24tank #SouthKorea #NaktongRiver #PusanPerimeter
August 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM
believed massing for an all-out assault on the American lines. 98 B-29's dropped more than 850 tons of bombs on the area.’ (AP Photo)
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#KoreanWar #bomber #B29 #SouthKorea #NaktongRiver #PusanPerimeter #photography #blackandwhitephotography #warphotography
August 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Witnesses said that the prisoners were forced to dig their own trench graves before the slaughter. Looking on, at left, is Gordon Gammack, war correspondent of the Des Moines Register and Tribune.’
Photo by #JamesPringle (1918-1970)
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #Taejon
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Photograph by David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018 👉ALT)
Breakout from the Perimeter begins 16 Sept.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #blackandwhitephotography #photojournalism #DavidDouglasDuncan
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1950
‘Captain Ike Fenton, Commanding Officer of Baker Company, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Brigade, receives reports of dwindling supplies during the battle to secure No-Name Ridge along the #Naktong River, #Korea. September 1950.’
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#KoreanWar #PusanPerimeter
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1950
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‘United States soldiers fighting to take the crest of a hill in September 1950’
Photograph by #DavidDouglasDuncan (1916-2018 👉ALT)
Breakout from the Perimeter begins 16 Sept.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #blackandwhitephotography #photojournalism
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In #SEPTEMBER 1950
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‘M24 Chaffee light tanks of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division wait for an assault of North Korean T-34-85 tanks at Masan.’ September 1950.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #USArmy #Masan #blackandwhitephotography
September 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
American and South Korean forces had been driven down to the south-eastern corner of the penninsula, the ‘Pusan Perimeter’.
#blackandwhitephotography #warphotography #Korea #KoreanWar #PusanPerimeter #Yongsan #NaktongRiver
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#OTD in 1950
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‘A grief stricken American infantryman whose friend has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea.’
#Korea #KoreanWar #PusanPerimeter #USArmy #HaktongNi
August 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#OTD in 1950
‘Korean civilians fleeing from the North Korean forces, killed when caught in the line of fire during night attack by guerrilla forces near Yongsan’
Photo Cpl. Ingram, U.S. Army, August 25, 1950
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #Yongsan
August 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In #AUGUST 1950
Pershing and Sherman tanks of the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion at the Pusan Docks, Korea
Ca. August 1950
#KoreanWar #Korea #tanks #blackandwhitephotography #Pusan #PusanPerimeter
August 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NKPA prisoners taken in the days that followed were screened with the help of the survivors to identify the perpetrators.
#KoreanWar #Korea #PusanPerimeter #Hill303Massacre #USArmy #UnitedNations #NKPA
August 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
All are members of the 24th Reconnaissance, 24th Division.’
Photo by ‘Sgt. Riley’, 17 August 1950. (NARA FILE#: 111-C-6061)
#KoreanWar #USArmy #tank #M24tank #SouthKorea #NaktongRiver #PusanPerimeter
August 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
believed massing for an all-out assault on the American lines. 98 B-29's dropped more than 850 tons of bombs on the area.’ (AP Photo)
#KoreanWar #bomber #B29 #SouthKorea #NaktongRiver #PusanPerimeter #photography #blackandwhitephotography #warphotography
August 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM