HOBJ1654 Accession Number: HOBJ1654

Description

A North Korean man, with his hands in the air, surrenders to a US Army soldier outside a house in a rural village. The soldier holds an automatic pistol on the Korean as he begins his search. Note the thick quilted jacket being worn by the prisoner to ward off the cold of a Korean winter.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ1654
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c October 1950
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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