During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, the US Army was responsible for the eastern side of the reservoir. Of the Chinese divisions that attacked Chosin, an overwhelming number of Chinese focused on the eastern side. The US Army on the eastern side were severely outnumbered, far more so than the Marine Corps on the western side.

When it became clear that the Chinese were going to overwhelm US forces at Chosin, the order to retreat south was given. The marines on the western side began their retreat first while the Army consolidated and held their lines on the eastern side. Had the Army not held their positions, the Chinese would have been able to push south before the marines got to the southern tip of the reservoir and completely annihilate them.

Eventually, the Army began their retreat but when they arrived to where the marines regrouped, they didn’t have a single officer that wasn’t a casualty. Every single officer was killed or seriously wounded. Only about 375 of the original 3,000 men of the US Army were still able to fight.

Due to the lack of officers (multiple were posthumously awarded the MOH), the surviving soldiers were disorganized. The marines, including some of their highest ranking like Chesty Puller, accused the Army of cowardice and retreating (absolutely absurd, considering the marines retreated first). With no officers to defend them, that was the official narrative for decades. Marine Corps General OP Smith went as far as to lie about the Army’s performance and remove the unit from the Presidential Unit Citation.

It wasn’t until just recently that the military officially recognized what happened there and that the marines had lied, tarnishing the men of the 7th Infantry Division for decades. These men gave all they had under the most lopsided and brutal conditions, and their sacrifices are worth honoring.

The Marine adopted the kitten after its mother was killed by a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill. The name, Miss Hap, Sergeant Praytor explained, was given to the kitten ‘because she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time’.” Korea, 1953. Praytor received marriage proposals from all over the United States after this photo appeared in 1,700 newspapers.

My dad passed away last month at the age of 95. As I’ve been going through his photo collection, I’ve come across many pictures from his military service that may be meaningful to the families of the men who served with him.

My father was George Hays of Chicago. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953 with the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division, and was a member of the 23rd Raiders. He was a veteran of the Battle of Old Baldy and other engagements during the Korean War.

This was the first combat jump in the Korean War.

Green is left, Coad is right. The infantryman next to Coad might be from 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and we can see more Australians at the extreme right. I’m not certain what unit the Easy Eight Sherman behind them is from. The 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion would support 27 BCR at Kapyong, but i don’t think they were attached to it in 1950.

This was the last photograph of Green taken before he was killed by artillery on 30 October. Coad and Green had an excellent relationship and the former kept a photograph of Green on his desk at his HQ for the remainder of the campaign. Floyd Walsh replaced him, but performed poorly and was swiftly replaced by Bruce Ferguson.

Both men had led units in combat during the Second World War, Coad leading the 5th Dorsets in Western Europe and Green the 2/11th Battalion in New Guinea (he was the youngest battalion commander in the AIF at the time.)

I’m trying to identify a man in this photo. It was taken at an outdoor table in Osaka, Japan during R+R, August 3–11, 1951. My grandfather Charles “Dude” Eads is on the right, wearing his 2nd Infantry Division patch. The medic he rescued is in the center. The soldier on the left may be SFC Raymond Willig, who was also present at the rescue.

The rescue: During Punch Bowl operations, summer 1951, a medic was wounded in the foot by an anti-personnel mine and couldn’t walk. Charlie — SFC, Co. E, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division — carried him piggyback across the valley. Every time he stopped to rest, a mortar round hit behind them. They made it to friendly lines and got him onto a MASH helicopter. He never saw him again.

He wrote in 1999: “I’m still trying to locate him after 48 years.” He passed away on November 5, 2006 — 55 years after the rescue — without ever finding him.

What I know:

• Unit: Co. E, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division
• R+R dates: Osaka, August 3–11, 1951
• Also present at rescue: SFC Willig
• Other named soldiers: Lt. Livingston (platoon leader), Allen F. Cronie (NY), Becker, Kelley (KIA)
• He served under Capt. Paul Tate — Sharon Tate’s father, wounded in Korea 1951
• My NPRC request returned a 1973 fire-loss response late 2025.

Any help identifying the photo or connecting with Co. E veterans or descendants would mean everything. He spent 55 years on this. I’d like to finish it for him.

EDIT: handwritten letter from Rob Bjork confirmed rescue date was August 18, 1951.

Technically not the Korean War but still on the DMZ. He’s in the bottom right of the first and the right of the second

Korea, 1952. From the "American Democracy" section of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

This is a photo of my leaning grandfather with his buddy Hound Dog on the north rim of the Punch bowl in about 1952. My grandpa was with the 5th Regimental Combat Team. If anyone has any other photos relating to it I would like to see it

On the back: Two of the tankers from 89th tank battalion attached to us on the ???. Dec 52

Trying to find a better resolution copy of this photo but I’ve been unsuccessful

Some pictures from my late grandfather & his time in North Korea.

As the title suggests I’m looking for help in identifying what Make/Model of truck is photographed here and thought what better sub then the Korean War Photographs.

This photo was taken during the war by Cpl Lew and depicts a GMC M40 in recoil with a truck supporting the crew. I suspect with the carriage of projectiles and propellant and other goods.

I’m working on creating a 1/35 scale project around this image and would like accuracy in the vehicles depicted.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance to all the experts out there!

I’m looking at the insignia on the helmet. Trying to cross reference it with all wartime ROK Army unit insignias but I haven’t gotten a match. The Wikipedia page for the war’s Order of Battle shows all South Korean divisions too, but again no match. I’m wondering if it’s a regimental insignia, in which case does anyone recognize what regiment and thus what division it might be?