Refugees cross frozen Han River, Seoul during Korean War. Korean refugees cross frozen Han River. Refugees pull carts loaded with their belongings. Two U.S. dukws (six-wheel drive amphibious trucks) on ice-chocked water.
President Harry S Truman awards Congressional Medals of Honor at the White House in Washington DC. A gathering at the White House. Officials and awardees with their families. The recipients are Marine Captain Carl Sitter (standing left of the President when all three men are together) and Reginald Myers (standing right of the President). The President awards the Medal of Honor to each of the two officers. The officers shake hands and pose with the President. Officers with their families after receiving the Medals. Sitter holding his son and pictured with his wife. Myers' wife, Margaret, and daughter, Susan, and son, Scott. Myers holding his son, Scott. Major Myers was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor while serving as Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, in the vicinity of HAGARU-RI, KOREA, November 29, 1950, while commanding a group of 80 men who were stragglers and missing from other units during the Korean War. Major Myers' makeshift unit successfully denied the Chinese Communists the possession of EAST HILL, which dominated the key crossroads in the withdrawal -- attack in another direction -- by U.S. Marines and Army units from the Chosin Reservoir. Captain Sitter's unit relieved Major Myers' unit in the same battle. Sitter received e medal for his actions as a commanding officer during a two-day battle at Hagaru-Ki, Korea in November 1950. The fighting lasted 36 hours, and Sitter endured grenade burns to his face, arms and chest. He refused to evacuate as the fight continued. More than half of his company was killed, wounded or captured, but a successful defense of the area was mounted by U.S. soldiers.
Reconnaissance Patrol in Korea during the Korean War. Tank with United States Army soldiers on it moves along village. Wounded soldier carried by two soldiers cross a stream. They place him on a stretcher on ground and attend to his leg. Another wounded soldier with wounds on leg, lying on stretcher, smoking a cigarette. The wounded soldiers carried on Army jeep for medical treatment.
Reconnaissance Patrol in Korea. Two United States soldiers walk ahead of M4 Sherman Tank using a mine detector. Soldiers fires Quad .50 Caliber Machine Gun targeting on hill. M4 tank named "Renobaby II" drives off road to make way for other vehicle. (Korean War)
187th Airborne Regimental Combat team patrol in Munson-ni, Korea during the Korean War. Korean civilian carries a wounded girl on his back. United States Medic gives medical treatment to the wounded Korean girl, lying on stretcher. Soldier bandages her hand. Medic applies medicine on United States soldier's leg. Korean women and children on field raise hands and yell 'Banzai'. North Korean Lieutenant questioned by an interpreter.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team practice parachute drop in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army Lieutenant leaves a field after completing a practice parachute drop. He carries an M1919A4 .30 Cal Machine gun over his shoulder. Three Korean boys watch and follow him as he walks past them. Scene shifts to paratroopers standing around one who was injured during the jump. Next, he is seen on a stretcher lying next to a field ambulance. Other soldiers carefully place him aboard the ambulance. Scene shifts to several troopers lingering in the drop zone, with some equipment in the field. One paratrooper is seen on a field telephone.