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[Korean War Photos] Life, Death and Prayer: the Face of War
JoongAng Ilbo ^ | 2013.07.31

Posted on 07/30/2013 6:38:18 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

/begin my summary

Life, Death and Prayer: the Face of War

Sept. 23, 1950: N. Korean POW's were being transported near Gimpo area after successful Inchon Landing on Sept. 15

Feb. 17, 1951: A husband carrying his wounded wife

Aug.16, 1950: U.S. service men and S. Koreans were giving an Indian style funeral for UN Indian worker Nayar (sp?) who was killed by a landmine.

Aug. 25, 1950: A Catholic chaplain Frudel (sp?) was conducting a makeshift outdoor mass for troops in front of a tank, who were participating in the Nakdong Battle aka the Battle of Pusan Perimeter.

/end my summary


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans; Religion
KEYWORDS: koreanwar; photo

1 posted on 07/30/2013 6:38:18 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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P!


2 posted on 07/30/2013 6:38:55 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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Thanks for posting these riveting pictures. I imagine there have been many pictures in the Korean media recently since the armistice was the 27th.


3 posted on 07/30/2013 8:43:33 PM PDT by miele man
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Sure glad we won that war.....Obama said we won so it must be true


4 posted on 07/31/2013 5:40:37 AM PDT by Yorlik803 (better to die on your feet than live on your knees.)
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