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Photo # NH 97026: A Marine bids farewell to his wife and two daughters as elements of the Second Marine Division leave for the West Coast en route to Korea, circa August 1950

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

Activities in the United States, June - December 1950


This page features images of Korean War activities in the United States from June to the end of 1950.

For additional views taken during this time, see: ---Ship Reactivations.

For links to photographs of Korean War activities in the United States in 1951-53, see:

  • Activities in the United States.

    For links to more pictures of the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • The North Korean Offensive, 25 June -- 15 September 1950.
  • The United Nations' Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950.
  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects 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 #: NH 96999

    Vought F4U-4 "Corsair" fighter


    "Corsairs Re-activated at San Diego"
    "Approximately 30 F4Us were recently de-mothballed at the Naval Air Station, San Diego. The fleet Navy fighters had rested in the preservative 'cans' for over two years."
    "After a brief testing period the Corsairs will be ready for operation."
    "Each humidity-controlled, sealed 'can' housed four Corsairs."
    Quoted caption was released with this photo on 26 July 1950. The photograph was taken by PHC Shireman, with caption written by JOC Samuelson.
    If the photograph was taken at the time of release, this represents an early view of Korean War "De-mothballing" of Navy ships, aircraft and equipment.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97026

    "A Marine bids farewell to his wife and two daughters as elements of the famed Second Marine Division leave for the West Coast."


    This photo was probably taken as part of the 2nd Marine Division was sent from the Atlantic Coast to California to help form the 7th Marine Regiment, circa August 1950. The 7th Marines subsequently were sent to Korea in time to take part in the liberation of Seoul late in September.
    Quoted sentence is from the original picture caption. The photograph was published in "All Hands" magazine's March 1951 issue.

    Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97008

    Seaman Quartermaster Jack Edward Ricker, USNR,
    (left) and
    Machinist's Mate Third Class John N. Lenfestey, USNR

    Carry their seabags as they check in at the Receiving Station established at Great Lakes, Illinois, to handle newly mobilized Naval Reservists, circa October 1950.
    Both men had served in the Navy during and shortly after World War II, and volunteered for callup during the Korean War emergency.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 605 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97009

    Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers, USN
    ,
    Commandant, Twelfth Naval District

    Shakes hands with Corporal Harry Beeson, USMC, after presenting him with his second Purple Heart medal in ceremonies at Oakland Naval Hospital, California, 20 September 1950. Corporal Beeson had previously been wounded in action during World War II, and again during the early part of the Korean War.
    On this occasion, RAdm. Rodgers presented Purple Heart medals to more than 115 Marine Corps, Navy and Army veterans of Korean War action. They were the first Purple Hearts awarded since the end of the Second World War.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 159KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: 80-G-423024

    Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, USN,

    Commander, 13th Naval District

    Pins the Purple Heart medal on Private First Class Keith H. Keller, USMC, at the Naval Hospital, Bremerton, Washington, in November 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

    Online Image: 70KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 98792

    USS Haven
    (AH-12)

    At Pearl Harbor on 9 October 1950, soon after reactivation for the Korean War.
    Photographed by Journalist 3rd class T. H. Sholes, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97017

    USS Pickerel (SS-524)


    "Crew members of the streamlined submarine USS Pickerel are shown beside a huge lei presented to the officers and men as the submarine docked at Pearl Harbor today, Nov. 4. She was among the first Pearl Harbor based submarines to return from the Korean War Zone."
    The original photograph was released by 14th Naval District PIO, and is dated 4 November 1950.
    The sailors are standing on Pickerel's bow, by her sonar dome and jackstaff.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97282

    USS Boxer (CV-21)


    With her crew spelling out her name on the flight deck, steams past the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay as she returned from her first Korean War deployment, November 1950.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96941

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)


    Arrives at San Diego, California, 1 December 1950, following seven month's service in Far Eastern waters and five months of Korean War Operations. A few days later, she was hurriedly recalled to the war zone to help counter the Chinese Communist offensive.
    A Fletcher class destroyer is moored in the left foreground, and several YMS-type minesweepers are alongside the waterfront at right.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 147KB; 740 x 625 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96940

    USS Valley Forge (CV-45)


    Leaves San Diego, California, 6 December 1950, to return to the Korean War zone for her second tour of combat duty, following a quick replenishment visit to the U.S. west coast.
    Acoma (YTB-701) is assisting, from off the carrier's port quarter.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 132KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     

    For additional views of Korean War activities in the U.S. during June-December 1950, see: --- Ship Reactivations.

    For links to photographs of Korean War activities in the United States in 1951-53, see:

  • Activities in the United States.

    For links to more pictures of the first months of the Korean War, see:

  • The North Korean Offensive, 25 June -- 15 September 1950.
  • The United Nations' Offensive, 15 September -- 25 November 1950.
  • The Chinese Offensive, 25 November 1950 -- 25 January 1951.

    For a precis of our Korean War images, and links to more comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects 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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    Page revised 16 August 2000
    New image added 13 May 2005