Historical Naval Missions

Archival footage of naval operations including ship evacuations, plane crashes, and transportation methods used during the mid-20th century.

KOREA - 1951 - Ships sail away from Hungnam after evacuation.

American destroyer convoying troops entering harbor of Breast, France ca. between 1918 and 1928.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- the Dieppe Raid, August 1942 Two of the landing craft, one containing a Bren-carrier, alongside a destroyer after returning from the beaches during the Combined Operations daylight raid on Dieppe. The landing craft mechanised are (left to right) LCM (1) 169 and LCM (1) 2.

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US Destroyers, December 29, 1949, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.

U.S. soldiers of the 1st Cavalry land at P'ohang-Dong, Korea, July 15-22, 1950. Within days the untested and understrength division was in the Battle of Yongdong (July 22-25). Ending in a U.S. retreat, the battle slowed the North Korean advance allowing the Pusan Perimeter time to prepare its defenses. Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_7)

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'Trinidad Sea Scouts out on a practice run'. Photograph No.: OKA 807. Official Trinidad and Tobago photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1940 Jul 24 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

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