Remembering the Korean War: A Baltimore camera in Korea
The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953, with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. Truce talks had started July 10, 1951, after United States and United Nations forces went to the aid of South Korea who was invaded by North Korea June 25, 1950.
The Korean War, often called the “Forgotten War,” saw some 5.8 million American soldiers, sailors and air force members serve their country. The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. honors their service and sacrifice.
At the time, The Baltimore Sun sent several war correspondents to Korea to cover the war including James M. Cannon and John T. Ward who sent back photos from the front lines. According to the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs, 527 Maryland citizens died in hostile action. Their names along with those still listed as missing in action are on Maryland’s Korean War Memorial, located at 2903 Boston Street in Canton.
This post was originally published on July 26, 2013.
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- Front cover of The Sunday Sun Magazine January 28, 1951 issue.
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- Photo spread from the Korean War inside The Sunday Sun Magazine January 28, 1951 issue.
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- Sunpapers War Correspondent Richard K. Tucker in his “office” at Hamhung. (Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 28, 1951: Troops wade out to a landing craft at Hungnam. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 1951: Demolition fire shroud Hungnam in smoke during the withdrawal of American forces from that Korean beachhead. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 1951: A line of army trucks wait on Pink Beach at Hungnam to move Americans to an evacuation fleet lying offshore. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 1951: Private Bernard C. Bruettner, of 43 North Janney street, Baltimore, had his litter jeep, “The Maryland Kid,” on the beach. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 1951: Members of a landing craft crew scan the Hungnam beach as they head in to drop off troops. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Published January 1951: The ice that has formed along the waters edge shows the fighters’ need for the heavy clothes that hey are wearing. (James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- Front cover of The Sunday Sun Magazine April 1, 1951 issue.
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- Photo spread from the Korean War inside The Sunday Sun Magazine April 1, 1951 issue.
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- Published April 1951: Members of a 2nd division unit that includes Marylanders relax in a new position after a battle at Chipyong-ni, Korea. (John T. Ward/Baltimore Sun)
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- John T. Ward, Sunpapers War Correspondent writes a dispatch outside 2nd Div. HQ February 1951. (Baltimore Sun)
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- Front cover of The Sunday Sun Magazine August 19, 1951 issue.
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- Photo spread from the Korean War inside The Sunday Sun Magazine August 19, 1951 issue.
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- Published August 1951: Supplies are toted up a mountain in Korea. (John T. Ward and James M. Cannon/Baltimore Sun)
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- James M. Cannon, Sunpapers War Correspondent, uses the hood of his jeep as a desk in Korea. (Baltimore Sun)
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Baltimore man was killed in waning hours of Korean War, which ended 60 years ago Saturday
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun
1:25 p.m. EDT, July 25, 2013
A white stone grave marker standing in the Baltimore National Cemetery under an ancient oak tree is all that remains to remind passers-by of the brief life of Ensign Edwin Nash Broyles Jr.
Broyles, a Navy fighter pilot from Guilford, was killed in the waning hours of the Korean War, which ended in a cease fire 60 years ago Saturday.
Broyles, 27 and a pilot of a F2H-2 Banshee fighter jet, was last seen July 26, 1953, as his plane descended in a 40-degree dive at 6,000 feet, after a bombing raid on Hoeryong Air Field in North Korea.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Bedford Place, Broyles studied at Gilman School, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., and the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., from which he graduated in 1946.
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