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

Logistics & Support Activities in Korea, 1950-1953 --
Overview and Selected Views

United Nations' logistics and support facilities on the Korean peninsula were very unstable during the Korean conflict's dynamic first ten months, as the North Koreans drove down toward Pusan, UN troops rebounded far into North Korea, the Chinese pushed back down into South Korea and the front finally stabilized in the late winter and spring of 1951. Twice during this period, from July into September 1950 and again from January and February 1951, only Pusan remained as a major seaport for the supply-hungry UN military and air forces. However, from then until the war's end in July 1953, Inchon and other ports were also available to ensure that personnel, weapons, ammunition and suppies reached the fighting zone in sufficient quantities to ensure that there were never any significant shortages.

In addition to logistics facilities, South Korea also provided land for training grounds, hospitals, air bases and command centers, all vital necessities if a modern war machine was to function successfully. In the case of the Republic of Korea Army, the training bases allowed the gradual conversion of a mass of raw recruits into an effective fighting force.

This page features selected images of Korean War logistics and support activities in Korea and provides links to broader pictorial coverage of this subject.

For more views of Korean War logistics and support activities in Korea, see:

  • Logistics & Support Activities in Korea, June-December 1950; and
  • Logistics & Support Activities in Korea during 1951-1953.

    For broader coverage of Korean War logistics & support efforts, see:

  • Korean War Logistics & Support, 1950-1953.


    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 #: 80-G-467287

    USS LST-802


    Unloading vehicles at Inchon, South Korea. A Jeep is rolling down her ramp, and a bulldozer is parked on the beach.
    Photograph is dated 16 November 1950.

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

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 615 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: 80-G-441385

    Pusan, South Korea


    Korean longshoremen unloading grain from a merchant ship at Pusan port.
    Photo is dated 2 April 1952.

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

    Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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

     
    Photo #: NH 97184

    USS Manchester (CL-83)


    Replenishing ammunition while alongside USS Mount Katmai (AE-16) in Wonsan harbor, North Korea, within sight of enemy gun batteries, circa early 1951.
    Note projectiles on deck on both ships, powder tanks stacked on Mount Katmai, and wooden planks laid on Mount Katmai's decks. It appears that projectiles are being brought on board Manchester, while empty powder tanks are being carried off of her.
    Projectiles are being hoisted into Manchester's turret number two (in lower left).
    Photo was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 3 May 1951.

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

    Online Image: 156KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97103

    Bell HTL-4 Helicopter (Bureau # 128623)
    ,
    of Marine aircraft squadron VMO-6

    "Operation 'EVAC' - Amidst a Korean snowstorm, a helicopter of VMO-6 prepares to land with its precious human cargo at 'Easy Med' - hospital site of the First Marine Medical Battalion."
    Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 24 February 1952.

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

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 620 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85669

    USS Consolation (AH-15)


    Off the Korean Coast, circa 21 December 1951, during the first air evacuation of casualties directly from the battlefield to a hospital ship. A U.S. Air Force Sikorski H-5 helicopter is landing on board.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Joel T. Boone, 1977.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97070

    United Nations Cemetary, Pusan, Korea


    Two sailors from USS Toledo (CA-133) pay their respects at the American plot in the UN Cemetary.
    The men are Engineman 3rd Class James E. Gover and Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ralph H. Miller.
    This photograph was released by Commander Naval Forces Far East, under date of 19 October 1951.

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

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    For more views of Korean War logistics and support activities in Korea, see:

  • Logistics & Support Activities in Korea, June-December 1950; and
  • Logistics & Support Activities in Korea during 1951-1953.

    For broader coverage of Korean War logistics & support efforts, see:

  • Korean War Logistics & Support, 1950-1953.


    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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    27 August 2000