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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. K Force in Korea a Soldier's Life in the 16th New Field Regiment By Wilfred Poulton. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SCARCE. Publisher: W. Poulton , 2004, First Edition. Good hardback with jacket. Some light rippling to bottom edge of some pages, name to ffep, minor marks. Jacket has a little edge-wear and a faded spine. 150 pages. New Zealand was militarily involved in Korea from August 1950 to July 1957 as a contributor to the United Nations forces that were deployed to halt communist aggression on the peninsula. It was the first time the Cold War developed into open conflict. The 1st Commonwealth Division, formed in 1951 and consisting of personnel from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as well as an Indian medical unit, provided the framework for New Zealand's participation. The main component of K Force was an artillery unit, the 16th New Zealand Field Regiment. But there were other components too, the largest being a transport unit, 10 Transport Company. The Navy deployed two frigates, which operated in Korean waters from a Japanese port. In this book K Force veteran Wilfred Poultan tells the story of day to day life in his unit, D Troop 162 Battery. There is much about the grim business of gunnery but Poluton also took an interest in the Korean countryside, the vegetation, the birds, the reptiles, the insects, an animal or two and the fish in the creeks, and recorded his impressions. His account touches on rural Korea, and the extremes of climate with freezing winters, scorching summers and the annual 'rainy season', all so different from his homeland. Signed by Author(s).

None. Condizione: None. 1) Ca. 1950-1951. Seven grey card stock leaves fastened with a string. With 121 mounted gelatin silver photos, including 91 ca. 5,5x8 cm (2x3 in); the rest ca. 5,5x5,5 cm (2x2 in). Each leaf with a period ink caption, related to all images ("Korea, 1950-1951," or "Korea cont."). Overall a very good album of interesting photos. 2) Ca. 1951-1952. Oblong Octavo album (ca. 17,5x25,5 cm or 7x10 in). 35 black album leaves (19 blank). With 91 mounted and loosely inserted gelatin silver photos from ca. 8x11,5 cm (3 ¼ x 4 ½ in) to ca. 5,5x6,5 cm (2 x 2 ½ in). Seven pages with period pen captions related to all images on a page. Period brown faux leather album fastened with a string. Front board with a crack on the hinge, several leaves with minor tears on extremities, but overall a very good album of interesting photos. 3) Ca. 1951-1952. Oblong Folio album (ca. 28,5x35,5 cm or 11 ¼ x 14 in). 30 black album leaves (16 blank). With 145 mounted gelatin silver photos from ca. 8x11,5 cm (3 x 4 ½ in) to ca. 9x9 cm (3 ½ x 3 ½ in). With mounted real photo postcards, two loosely inserted gelatin silver photos (one large, ca. 20,5x25 cm; one with the date "April 1951" on verso), several newspaper clippings, a greeting card addressed from "U.S.N.S. General W.M. Black" and one piece of printed ephemera. Period blue faux leather album fastened with a string. Two images possibly previously removed from the album, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting photos. 4) Ca. 1950s. Folio album (ca. 27,5x24 cm or 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ in). 38 card stock leaves (7 blank). With 102 mounted and four loosely inserted gelatin silver photos, including over thirty large images from ca. 13x17,5 cm (5x7 in) to ca. 10,5x15 cm (4x6 in); the rest are from ca. 10x12 cm (4x5 in) to ca. 5,5x7,5 cm (2x3 in). No captions. With two period newspaper clippings mounted or loosely inserted. Period green cloth folder, rubbed on extremities, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting photos. 5) Ca. 1950s. Folio ring binder (ca. 30x25 cm or 11 ¾ x 9 ¾ in). 26 card stock leaves within protective plastic sleeves (one blank). With 200 mounted gelatin silver photos, mostly ca. 8x11 cm (3 x 4 ½ in); a dozen smaller images are ca. 6x8,5 cm (2 ¼ x 3 ¼ in). No captions. Ca. 14 images previously removed from the album, one protective sheet with a tear, a few photos mildly faded, but overall a very good album of interesting photos. 6) Ca. 1951-1954. 20 large loose gelatin silver photos ca. 21x25,5 cm (8x10 in). All photos with ink stamps "Official USAF Photo by Feaf Base Photo Lab" or "U.S. Air Force Photo" on verso; most are numbered in negative; eleven images with ink-stamped censors' permits on verso and attached paper leaves with typewritten dates and annotations. One photo with a minor loss of surface in the left upper corner, but overall a good collection of strong interesting photos. Historically significant extensive collection of original gelatin silver photos, taken and collected by American servicemen during the Korean War (1950-1953) and showing Korea, its people, American military establishments, aircraft, naval ships, American and Korean officers and soldiers, &c. The folder with 121 photos from the active phase of the war and opens with a photo of the burned Capitol Building in Seoul (it was damaged during the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). The other images show military actions with American planes and trucks, artillery guns (including an image of a firing gun), tanks decorated with pictures of shark teeth or tiger heads, destroyed tanks, a welcome sign to the "Kimpo Air Base" near Seoul, military tent camps, "Robert W. Carney bridge" (pontoon), a damaged entrance gate, Korean soldiers, American and UN soldiers (firing machine guns, drinking beer, posing with artillery guns or in their tents, &c.). There are also several images of Korean city streets, villages and rice fields, portraits of elders, families, young women, children, &.c The album compiled by "Corporal Pierce" of the U.S. Army documents his service on the South Korean side of the 38th parallel during the stalemate on the front, which started in July 1951 and lasted until the armistice in July 1953. The images are organized in the following groups: "Chunchon, Korea, Dec. 1951 - Jan. 1952" (American military camp near Chuncheon, tents, trucks, soldiers digging trenches or fortifications, &c.); "Chunchon, Korea, Feb. 1952" (American camp, Korean soldiers playing volleyball, the compiler and other servicemen in a communication room, &c.); "Co. Hdq. Kapyong, May 1952" (a Korean boy in military uniform, the compiler inside his tent, tents, trucks, a river, American soldiers eating inside their tent, &c.); "August 20, 1952, Kumhwa, Korea. Formal inspection of the 11 R.O.K. Div. by Gens. Van Fleet, Jenking, Chung, &c. Sigmon [sic!] Rhee" (President of ROK Syngman Rhee and military officials walking on the territory of a base, a military review, Korean soldiers, the compiler in a communications room); and "Tom Look and Cpl. Pierce, Sept. 1952. Taking off fo R.+ R." (a portrait captioned on verso "Tom Look and I just before we left," American soldiers in their camp). The album, compiled by one Albert Marion Cox from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, who was sent to Korea via Japan on board the U.S.N.S. "General W.M. Black" in May 1951, includes photos of American field camps, a pontoon bridge, rivers, convoys of military trucks, scenes with American soldiers washing in a stream, digging into a hillside, play fighting, building fortifications, smoking, eating; portraits of Korean and African American soldiers in a camp, &c. There are also several images of an American military base, its facilities (barracks, church, "guard house," "post exchange/snack bar") and servicemen. A large photo shows the interior of an officer's quarters. The ephemera includes a humorous certificate given to Albert Cox after his first crossing of the Equato.