This page features views of Underwater Demolition Team activities during mine clearance operations off Wonsan.
More photographs of this subject can be seen at Underwater Demolition Team Activities off Wonsan, Part II.
For additional coverage of Wonsan mine clearance operations, see: Wonsan Mine Clearance, October-November 1950.
For a special image selection on the Wonsan Landings, plus
links to additional pictures of that operation, see:
For views of other aspects of the September-November United
Nations' offensive in Korea, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: 80-G-421436 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Seaman Robert H. Larking helps Seaman Raymond A. Margozswitz into a rubber suit on board USS Diachenko (APD-123). The Underwater Demolition Team "Frogmen" were preparing to destroy a North Korean minefield in Wonsan Harbor, 26 October 1950. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 103KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421412 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Underwater Demolition Team members pass a rubber boat from the deck of USS Diachenko (APD-123) to a waiting LCVP, 26 October 1950. They are en route to clear mines from Wonsan harbor, North Korea. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421411 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Underwater Demolition Team swimmers leave USS Diachenko (APD-123) to clear mines from Wonsan harbor, North Korea, 26 October 1950. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421407 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Underwater Demolition Teams One and Three board a rubber boat from a USS Diachenko (APD-123) LCVP, 26 October 1950. They are en route to clear mines from Wonsan harbor, North Korea. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421430 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Underwater Demolition Team "Frogmen" study the situation, prior to destroying a North Korean minefield in Wonsan harbor, 26 October 1950. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-421429 Wonsan Operation, October 1950 Lieutenant Dan F. Chandler briefs Underwater Demolition Team members on a Wonsan beach, 26 October 1950. The "Frogmen" were there to destroy a North Korean minefield. Photographed by C.K. Rose, of Combat Photo Unit Two. Note rubber swimming gear and inflatable boat. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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More photographs of UDT operations can be seen at Underwater Demolition Team Activities off Wonsan, Part II.
For additional coverage of Wonsan mine clearance operations, see: Wonsan Mine Clearance, October-November 1950.
For a special image selection on the Wonsan Landings, plus
links to additional pictures of that operation, see:
For views of other aspects of the September-November United
Nations' offensive in Korea, see:
For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more
comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."
25 October 1999