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Korea at War 1950
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From the Archives

The bullet-riddled truck in which four United Nations Command soldiers — two Americans and two South Koreans — were killed in an ambush at the Korean DMZ in April, 1968.

DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive

Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."

Comedian Red Skelton waves as he and his wife, Georgia, arrive in Tokyo in July, 1963.

Red Skelton's film idea — It grows on you

Red Skelton, the rubber-faced funnyman, says he's figured out a way to revolutionize the centuries-old art of Japanese bonsai, or dwarf tree, gardening.

Maj. Robert M. Campbell, right, an American adviser from Fayetteville, N.C., points the way to a helicopter that will bring a wounded Vietnamese ranger, at center, to a hospital.

Long ride home for a wounded Vietnam fighter

The ticket for that long ride home doesn't come cheaply in the Republic of Vietnam. This man, a Vietnamese ranger, gave his right hand.

A little girl, hit in the shoulder by a slug from an aircraft machine gun, is tended to by a medic before being evacuated to a hospital by South Vietnamese troops.

A tale of war: There are tears, dirt, blood, irony and no favorites

There's nothing very nice about any kind of war, whether it's global or just an "untidy little war" like the battle against communism here.

Pfc. Frank Orians of Grand Rapids, Mich., escorts Secretary of Defense McNamara and his entourage on a walk into an unsecured jungle area in Vietnam.

Dawn-to-dusk days for JFK's top advisers

America's top military leaders sloshed through muddy remote villages of the strife-torn Republic of Vietnam to learn first-hand how the war against the Viet Cong is going.

Robert Kennedy speaks to reporters and well-wishers at Yokota. At right is the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer.

RFK begins Tokyo talks on Malaysia

Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy Friday was to confront Indonesian President Sukarno here and "express concern" over Sukarno's relations with the newly-formed Malaysian Federation.

Tokyo, January 1964: Attorney General Robert Kennedy leaves the Imperial Hotel with Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio after his meeting with President Sukarno, then talks to the press at the Nissei Theater.

Peace comes first, RFK and Sukarno agree

Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy Saturday resumed talks with Indonesian President Sukarno over the Malaysia crisis after a 90-minute meeting Friday gained somewhat of a cease-fire agreement from the Indonesian president.