PUSAN PERIMETER BATTLE South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu - Roy E. Appleman
Army Overview of this phase
B29 view of Korean Terrain - an Infantry War
July 7, 1950 Exhausted South Korean infantry momentarily rest with their weapons
34th Infantry at the Kum
34th Infantry, Ansong River, 7/50
But the North Koreans broke through, and Taejon fell
5th Marines mount out for Korean War: San Diego, July 12-15, 1950
Death From The Skies
Army Wounded In Action, Pusan Perimeter, 8/50
T34s bombed out by USAF
T34 burns from M-26 Hit, 1st Marine Brigade August, 1950
Another Murdered GI POW
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Russian 14.5mm antitank rifle PTRD-1941 (Degtyarev) with satchel of AP rounds DP 7.62 mm Ruchnoy Pulemyot Light Machine Gun Japanese 7.7mm rifle Russian 7.62mm Carbine M1944 Russian Model PPSh41 7.62mm submachine gun
North Korean Army Invades with coordinated tank, infantry and air assault.
6/25/50
Task Force Smith
1st Units of Task Force Smith entering Taejon, 7/2/50
U.S. Army 24th Infantry Division Photo D.M. Giangreco, War in Korea: 1950-1953 (Presidio Press).
American Ground Forces Enter the Battle The Korean War, 1950-1953
PFC Kenneth Shadrack (right), part of 2.36 in. Bazooka Team firing on an NKPA T34 tank south of Osan. Seconds later PFC Shadrack was mortally wounded by machine gun fire.
19th Infantry Regiment defend a dike along the Kum near Taepyong-ni, 7/14/50 The Kum River battle was a disaster.
ROKs Moving Up, August, 1950, Pusan Perimeter
On the Taegu Front, a Destroyed T34, Compliments of 27th Infantry Regiment The Bowling Alley - The Sangju-Taegu Corridor, 8/21/50
Provisional Marine Brigade wounded rescued under heavy fire
ROK Company K
5th RCT Veteran after 31 days on the line. September, 1950
Murderer?
Wounded North Korean Prisoner Had Many Personal Belongings of GIs.
Near No-Name Ridge, Naktong River, Pusan Perimeter, September, 1950
51 Victims of North Korean atrocities are uncovered in a mass grave. They had been murdered near Chonju soon after the initial wave of NK advances
Murder was a preferred North Korean tactic. PFC Roy Manring identifies four North Korean prisoneers as among those who gunned him down, along with 41 other American POWs, their hands tied behind their backs, and left for dead.
North Korean POWs, 9/50 Sanctuary for Murderers?
Hill 303
Ship unloading at Pusan Harbor, 7/50
Eighth Army in Command
Establishing the Pusan Perimeter
July 28, 1950 ROK wounded in Pusan Perimeter fighting
T34s, Bombed Out by USAF, July of 1950
155mm Howitzers in Battery
1st Marine Brigade, Tank Action at the Naktong, August, 1950
Marine Wounded Moved by Navy Corpsmen
M46 Patton with its 90mm HV Gun
25id, Masan, 9/50 M-24 Chaffee Light Tanks wait for T34/85 assault
Murdered South Korean civilians Taejon, 9/50
A few of the tens of thousands of South Korean Civilians murdered by retreating NKPA
A North Korean Nurse. Captured near Singdangdong by 2nd Btn 38th Infantry Regiment
North Korean 76mm Self-Propelled Gun
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