North Korean soldiers taken by U.S. Marines during the fighting for Yong Dong
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: Carl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo when North Korea decided to invade South Korea. After he returned home to the United States, <i>LIFE</i> quickly sent him back to Asia to cover the conflict. Mydans followed a battalion of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division in its mission to strenghten the American defense line near Yong Dong.
label: Description
content: In this image, communist prisoners, stripped down to their underwear, are marched to the rear by Marine guards after a battle. The prisoners are marched through the fields, while some of the guards walk on the road above them.
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
label: Related Publication
content: Life Magazine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Carl Mydans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.135
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.135
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 9 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 24.13 cm