HOBJ2700 Accession Number: HOBJ2700

Description

General (Gen) James Van Fleet (front, left), Commanding General of the 8th US Army in Korea, inspects members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), when bestowing the Presidential Citation in recognition of the unit's action at the battle of Kapyong, seven months earlier. The group of officers following Gen Van Fleet are : Lieutenant General W Bridgeford (obscured), Commander in Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan and the British Commonwealth Forces in Korea, Major General John W O'Daniel (right), Commander of I Corps and Major General James Cassels (rear), Commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ2700
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
4 December 1951
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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