Sunday, July 12, 2015

Korean War

These photos of the Korean War were taken by New Zealand photographers.

 Crowd at Aotea Quay, Wellington, as K-Force troops 
leave for Korea on the Ormonde, December 1950
  
 WAAC officers and sergeants, prior to departure for Korea, August 1951
  
 163 Battery personnel outside the mess tent after Christmas dinner, December 1951
  
 Lance Corporal J Calincos and Driver J Cummings serving 
lunch to men of the Composite Platoon, Korea, October 1951
  
Explanation in English by Sig. J G Coleman, of Feilding, clears up the point for two KATCOM signalmen, Han Yong Su and Kim Do Yuin, as they share a copy of The Soldier on a sunny Korean hillside, 17 May 1953
 
Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

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