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Korea: report by a Royal Marine officer on a short tour with U.S. forces at Chongjin....
Catalogue reference: WO 252/875
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This record is about the Korea: report by a Royal Marine officer on a short tour with U.S. forces at Chongjin.... dating from 1951 Feb. in the series Admiralty, Inter-service Topographical Department, and Ministry of Defence, Joint.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1951 Feb.
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Korea: report by a Royal Marine officer on a short tour with U.S. forces at Chongjin.
Includes 40 photographs depicting: Korea: report by Captain R E H King, Royal Marines officer, whilst on tour with US troops at Chonjin; observations on land fighting, immobilised Russian tanks, Japanese owned factories, trench lines etc. All Photographs annotated. Dated 1951.
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