Battle of Pyongtaek
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The Battle of Pyongtaek was the second engagement between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War, occurring on July 6, 1950, in the village of Pyongtaek in western South Korea. Th
An American soldier (Robert L. Witzig) with a 2.36-inch bazooka prepares to take aim at a North Korean tank during the Battle of Pyongtaek. On his right is Kenneth R. Shadrick, who was killed by North Korean tank-mounted machine gun fire seconds after this photograph was taken. Shadrick would later be reported as the first American killed in the Korean War. {Incorrectly reported as being taken during the Battle of Osan}
The T-34 tank was widely used by the North Korean Army in 1950. Over a dozen T-34s were observed at Pyongtaek but American forces had no effective weapons to fight them.
The First Battle of Naktong Bulge was an engagement between United Nations Command and North Korean forces early in the Korean War from August 5–19, 1950 in the vicinity of Yongsan and the Naktong Riv
US Marines resting on a newly captured position overlooking the Naktong River, August 19, 1950.
US Marines treat a casualty from the front line of the battle, August 17.
North Korean T-34 tanks destroyed by US Air Force bombs near Waegwan.