Korean War
‘Never give up’: Hundreds gather for updates from defense agency on loved ones missing in action from Korean War
More than 300 families attended the annual briefing on the Korean War and Cold War. They represent a fraction of the 7,500 presumed missing from the Korean War. Most will never get the answers they seek. “We are at the mercy of geopolitics,” said Kelly McKeague, director of the DPAA.
Dedication marks search for Korean War MIAs
The paperwork inside each case file shows its age. Decades ago, a typewriter plucked out the names and ranks.
Joe and friend
Little Ernie Joe, the 7-year-old orphan "mascot" of the Eight Army HQ's 502nd Reconnaissance Platoon, left for his new home in Texas on June 15, 1954.
A Korean orphan and 55th MP Company
7-year old Korean War orphan Yo-Yo was 'adopted' as the unit mascot of the 55th Military Police Company early 1953 after one of the unit's members found the little boy wandering the streets of Seoul.
A Korean orphan salutes 665th Med. Dep. men
Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Suderman months ago, the 5-year-old was prevented from joining them in Lanikai, Hawaii by an airline regulation requiring he be escorted by an adult.
A 21-Gun Salute during Korean War memorial services in Seoul
United Nation forces remembered their Korean War dead in ceremonies at the U.N. Military Cemetery and in the city of Seoul. The occasion was the 14th anniversary of the United Nations.
Cpl. Conley released from a Communist prisoner of war camp
Cpl. William L. Conley, 23, Morrilton, Ark., recently released from a Communist prisoner of war camp, and brother, SM Tom, 20, of the destroyer Laws, look at Tom's pictures and clippings from home during their visit on the 8167th Army Hospital sundeck.