North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968
MacArthur relieved of command 1951
This nameplate was used in 1951

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Flares light up the darkening sky over Que Son Valley, silhouetting the men from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment against the mountains.

Que Son Valley, 1968

President Richard Nixon chats and shakes hands with the men at the 1st Infantry Division's Di An base camp in South Vietnam.

President Nixon in South Vietnam, 1969

NEW ARTIFICIAL LEG is fitted to a disabled veteran of the Korean war by Dr. Chung Hie Oh at the National Rehabilitation Center in Pusan.

National Rehabilitation Center in Pusan, 1959

Toddler Hang Nam Chong' chins up to the bar at the Top Three Club at Ascom City as the U.S. Army Signal Depot sponsored a year-end party for orphans of the Dong Chin home which the unit supports. Delighted bystander is PFC Jimmy A. Pettigrew of the 55th Signal Co.

Top Three Club at Ascom City, 1959

Cavalrymen of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment cross a stream on patrol in Que Son Valley.

Que Son Valley, 1968

Standing Wood and applying a special plaster, these older orphans of the Seoul Police and Soliders Orphanage are learning lacquerware manufacture, a centuries-old profession for which there is still a ready market today.

Seoul Police and Soldiers Orphanage, 1959

Cavalrymen sweep the road for mines with a mine detector.

12th Cavalry Regiment, 1968

A cavalryman takes cover during a firefight in Que Son Valley

Que Son Valley, 1968