Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, General
Douglas MacArthur and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff salute the Colors during a review held at the Palace Plaza, Tokyo, Japan,
June 19, 1950, in Honor of Mr. Johnson. Johnson and Bradley were just returning
from a Far East tour when the fighting in Korea broke out. There was no
discussion in Tokyo of the possibility of a North Korean
invasion.
Photograph: U.S. Army - Sergeant Turnbull
Source: Truman
Library
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1950
General of the Army
Douglas MacArthur greets Mr. John Foster Dulles, Republican Consultant to the
State Department at the Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 1950.
Dulles, on a Far East fact-finding mission, had just left Korea and was in Tokyo
when the first reports of the invasion arrived.
Photograph: U.S. Army,
Corporal Dangel
Source: Truman Library
Heading from the
Blair House to the White House are Attorney General Howard McGrath, President
Harry S. Truman, and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, June 27, 1950.
Source:
Truman Library
President Truman and
daughter Margaret board U.S.S. Williamsburg
Photographer: Paul Begley, Naval
Photo Center
Source: Truman Library
Eighth Army Commander
Lieutenant General Walton Walker (left) is met by Major General William Dean at
an advance airfield near Taejon, July 7, 1950. Photo: U.S. Army.
Source:
D.M. Giangreco, War in Korea: 1950-1953 (Presidio Press).
Lieutenant General Walton
Walker, Commander of the Eighth Army, discusses operations along the Kum River
line with his staff on July 14, 1950, the day after he established his
headquarters at Taegu. Photo: U.S. Army.
Source: D.M. Giangreco, War in
Korea: 1950-1953 (Presidio Press).
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Lieutenant General Walton Walker talks
with Colonel Alfred G. Katzin (ret.), personal representative of United Nations
(U.N.) Secretary General Trygve Lie, July 24, 1950. Photo: U.S. Army. Source:
Truman Library.
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L to R: President Truman reads citation to General Douglas MacArthur
following their meeting at Wake Island. In the background are from left: Press
Secretary Charles Ross, Commander in Chief Pacific Admiral Arthur Radford,
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Omar
Bradley, October 14, 1950. Photo: Papers of Frank Pace. Source: Truman
Library.
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Seoul railroad yards burning after Air Force dropped napalm, September
26, 1950. Source: Truman Library.
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North Korean prisoners captured as 1st Marine Regiment moved into Seoul,
September 27, 1950. Source: Truman Library.
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At the ceremony officially returning Seoul to President Syngman Rhee and
re-establishing Seoul as the capital of the Republic of Korea, (left to right)
General MacArthur, President Rhee, Mrs. Rhee and Defense Minister Shin on the
platform, September 29, 1950. Source: Truman Library.
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President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur meet for the first time on
Wake Island, October 14, 1950. Source: Truman
Library.
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General Walker and General MacArthur at the Pyongyang air field, October
20, 1950. Source: Truman Library.
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