Battle of Inchon
Near the end of World War II, Hardy went to Asia, where he became Lord Mountbatten's personal photographer. He later went on to cover the Korean War along with journalist James Cameron for "Picture Post", reporting on atrocities committed by Syngman Rhee's police under the United Nations flag at Pusan in 1950, and later on that war's turning point, the Battle of Inchon, photojournalism for which he won the Missouri Pictures of the Year Award.