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subject date05-07-2017

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creditDepartment of Defense / mediadru

captionFormer American and Australian prisoners of war warming up before a stove in the 24th Division medical clearing station after being returned to U.S. lines by Chinese Communists, February 10, 1951. ACTION-PACKED pictures showing American GIs in the Korean War have been released to mark the 57th anniversary of US troops first engaging North Korean troops in combat. Striking images show a US Marine tank follow a line of prisoners of war down a village street, American soldiers engaging with the enemy and a grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action being comforted by another soldier. Other light-hearted photographs show the iconic Marilyn Monroe appearing at the USO Camp Show, troops being fed by Mickey Rooney and others show members at the same event and General Douglas MacArthur embracing Dr Syngman Rhee, Korea’s first President. The Battle of Osan was the first engagement between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War, on July 5, 1950. Department of Defense / mediadrumworld.com