U.S. Marines pass a burning Korean village in the winter rain
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: When North Korea decided to invade South Korea, Carl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo. Although he was prepared to make the switch from Asia to the United States, he quickly put those plans on hold and flew back in order to cover the war.
label: Description
content: One month after the beginning of the war, U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division, mostly combat veterans, landed at Pusan, Korea, on August 2, 1950. Despite the less than ideal situation, the men found time to rest between fighting. After the battles ended, shattered Korean villages were left behind.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Korea
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Carl Mydans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.132
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm