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Members of the 5th Cav Regt, examine a captured communist led North Korean antitank gun, outside Waegwan, Korea. L-R: William R. Layne, Chattanooga, Tenn; William Knuckler, Cozaddale, Ohio; Howard Lowery, Lufkins, TX; Raymond Pinto, Mason City, Iowa.

Men of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, pass supply wagons abandoned by the Communist led North Koreans in their haste to escape from Pyongyang.

Men of the 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, pass burning buildings and knocked-out tanks of the Communist led North Koreans as they advance to the front in Pyongyang.

Fighting men of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, their 57mm recoilless rifle belching fire and smoke, blast away at Communist led North Korean positions, along the Naktong River.

Flow of transportation continues across bridge under construction somewhere in Korea.

South Korean laborers and US soldiers carry ammunition and food up a mountainside to troops of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Infantry), engaged in action against the Communist led North Korean forces in the Waegwan area.

Men of the 3rd Bn, 8th Cav Regt, 1st Cav Div, and tanks of the 10th Tank Bn, 24th Inf Div, move out on an assault of a Communist held hill, north of Wangok, Korea.

Cpl. Elmer Soprano, First Platoon, Company A, 4th Signal Battalion. leans over a cliff to fasten a jumper, as they rehabilitate lines from Tanyang to Chechon, Korea.

Troops of Co. B, 519th Military Police Battalion in position with a .30 caliber air-cooled machine gun.

Rifle platoon of 5th RCT, 24th Div. on Korea Front
Note: All photos are official U.S. Army Photos. Photos are "Public Domain" and may be freely copied or downloaded."

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