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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- EVENTS -- The Korean War, 1950-1953 --

Wonsan Mine Clearance -- Underwater Demolition Team Activities off Wonsan, October 1950


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:

  • The Wonsan Operation, October 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950


    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     

    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:

  • The Wonsan Operation, October 1950.

    For views of other aspects of the September-November United Nations' offensive in Korea, see:

  • The UN Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950


    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of that conflict, see:

  • The Korean War, June 1950 - July 1953 -- Introductory Overview and Special Image Selection.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    25 October 1999