African American sailors aboard the USS Leyte (CV-32) photo album, compiled circa 1950–1951, documents daily life, labor, and camaraderie among Black enlisted men serving during the opening phase of the Korean War and in the early implementation of military desegregation under Harry S. Truman’s Executive Order 9981. Created while the.....
[WAC][Korean War] Women’s Army Corps photo album, compiled by Sgt. Elizabeth Adamek of Cairnbrook, PA ca. early to mid 1950s, extensively recording enlisted women in post-1948 U.S. Army administrative operations at Camp Zama, Japan during the Korean War period. Elizabeth Adamek, later Elizabeth Adamek Pierce (1932–2016), served approximately twenty years.....
Benford, Johnnie. Korean War photo album documenting early integrated U.S. Army service during the final phase of the Korean War, assembled between 1953 and 1955. The photographs record the experience of a Black soldier from Chicago serving in one of the first generations of racially integrated American military units following.....
African American U.S. Army soldiers photographed in Korea during the early 1950s document Black military service during the first major war fought after the desegregation of the United States armed forces. Twenty photographs dating to the Korean War era depict African American soldiers operating in field environments during active deployment.....
Dawson, William L., African American congressman from Chicago and World War I veteran of the segregated 366th Infantry Regiment, House of Representatives speech delivered April 13, 1951 addressing segregation in the United States armed forces during the early years of the Cold War. Dawson served in Congress for nearly three.....
[African American] [Military History] [Korean War] Unidentified photographer, African American soldiers in South Korea, 1956 documents Black military service within the early post armistice U.S. occupation of Korea and provides visual evidence of desegregation in practice following Executive Order 9981. Produced three years after the Korean Armistice Agreement, the images.....
U.S. Navy boxing photographs, May 1951, document organized athletic competition within the Navy during the early implementation of military desegregation and provide direct visual evidence of African American participation in structured sports programs shortly after federal policy changes mandated integration. Created three years after President Executive Order 9981, these images.....
Korean War photographs early 1950s document U.S. Army combat conditions, including the presence of African American soldiers serving in integrated units following the 1948 desegregation of the U.S. military, and record frontline medical treatment and logistical coordination during the opening phase of the conflict. Initiated after June 27, 1950, when.....
Vernacular photograph archive of African American soldiers in integrated U.S. Army units, circa 1950s, documents the early implementation of military desegregation following Executive Order 9981 and provides visual evidence of Black and white soldiers serving together during and after World War II, including the Korean War. The photographs place African.....
USS Marine Lynx Korean War photographic archive documents U.S. military transport operations, early desegregation, and humanitarian activity during the early 1950s, following the implementation of Executive Order 9981 and during the Korean War. The images capture integrated units of Black and white American servicemen alongside Korean troops and civilians, providing.....
Operation Big Switch photo archive documenting the return of prisoners of war after the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, when Allied and Communist forces began the large-scale exchange of captured personnel through Panmunjom and nearby Freedom Village. The operation followed Little Switch, the earlier exchange of sick and.....
African American military photo album, 1953–1960, documenting the service and personal life of a Black U.S. Air Force serviceman across multiple postings during and after the Korean War. The album records military duty, daily routines, and interpersonal relationships within an increasingly integrated armed forces, providing visual evidence of African American.....
Photo archive of a United States Army soldier serving in an engineering battalion during the Korean War, documenting military labor, equipment operation, and daily life on base. The photographs record the technical and logistical role of engineering units alongside informal scenes of camaraderie, barracks life, and leisure, providing direct visual.....
Anonymous photographs of African American soldiers stationed in Korea and Europe, produced c. 1960s, document Black military service during the Cold War and provide primary-source evidence for the study of U.S. Army deployments, racial integration in the post–World War II military, and lived experience within forward operating environments near geopolitical.....
