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World's only airlifted pontoon bridge, Korean War

2007-428
Accession Number
2007-428
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 348337311
Related Collection
Harry S. Truman Papers: President's Secretary's Files
Keywords
Bridges
Korean War, 1950-1953
Soldiers
HST Keywords
Korean War - General File
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Credit:
Peterson
U.S. Air Force

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command Airlift Airbase, Japan. Rolling across the world's only airlifted pontoon bridge, are these veteran U. S. Eighth Army Troops. Airlifted from Japan by huge troop carrier aircraft of Feafs Combat Cargo Command, this bridge has become the key crossing point on the Han River where United Nations Forces are driving north in pursuit of North Korean Reds. Three bridges which had previously spanned the Han, were completely destroyed by Air Force, Navy and Marine Fighter Bombers. Note that American G.I.'s have taken up temporary light housekeeping in some of the spacious aluminum alloy pontoons. This is a portion of the bridge lifted in the OPN.
Date(s)
October 11, 1950