Massive evacuation of American forces from North Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army women nurses dressed in heavy winter garb, pose in a group as they await evacuation by sea, from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea. A group of U.S. Marines boarding a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). A crane at the port, raising a net filled with personal gear of evacuating soldiers, and depositing it aboard a ship.
U.S. Marines and equipment being evacuated from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea,in December, 1950, during the Korean War. Opening scene shows wounded Marines on stretchers, being settled on the deck of a landing craft infantry. Two of the wounded marines are lifted over the gunwale and placed in an ambulance. View of wounded lying on deck of a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). An M4 Sherman tank, loaded with supplies, backs toward the shore, under direction of another tank driver. Scene shifts to an M-26 Pershing tank being backed into a Landing Ship Tank (LST). It is followed by another, equipped with a sand shield.
View of Hungnam Harbor, North Korea, during evacuation of American forces in the Korean War. Several Higgins boats are lined along the shore with ramps down, ready to receive evacuees. A landing craft infantry (LCI) is headed out from shore. Scene shifts to marines stepping into landing craft from a pier. The landing craft filled with marines. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway with deck full of tanks. Marines leaving landing craft and boarding the attack transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33).
View of various support ships in Hungnam Harbor, North Korea, during evacuation of American forces in the Korean War. Closeup of a net full of supplies being hauled aboard a transport ship, from a Higgins boat. The USS Bayfield (APA-33) and other transport ships seen from a small boat moving at high speed in the harbor.
The attack transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33) is seen in Hungnam Harbor, North Korea, participating in the evacuation of American forces during the Korean War. Her Higgins boats are shuttling between the shore and the ship. Closeup of the Cruiser, USS St. Paul (CA-73) at anchor. A U.S. Destroyer Escort, or High Speed Transport (APD) with 2-digit number on her bow. Higgins boats clustered at her stern. A Higgins boat heading toward the shore.
Adolf Hitler posing in front of the greenhouse, behind the New Reich Chancellery, designed by Albert Speer, in Berlin, during World War 2 (1940).
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