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Marine Col Chesty Puller (standing) visited by Army General Douglas MacArthur (seated) as Puller pushed toward Seoul, South Korea, Sep 20 1950. Driving is Army MGen Ned Almond and in the rear are Marine Generals MGen OP Smith & LGen Lem Shepherd.	US President Harry Truman pinning the five-star general insignia onto Omar Bradley's uniform, 22 Sep 1950

US Marine Colonel Chesty Puller (left) speaks with Assistant Division Commander Brigadier General Edward Craig overlooking Seoul, South Korea, 25 Sep 1950, photo 1 of 2	US Marine Colonel Chesty Puller (left) speaks with Assistant Division Commander Brigadier General Edward Craig overlooking Seoul, South Korea, 25 Sep 1950, photo 2 of 2

Ceremony marking the return of Seoul to Republic of Korea control, General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 29 Sep 1950, photo 1 of 3	Ceremony marking the return of Seoul to Republic of Korea control, General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 29 Sep 1950, photo 2 of 3

Ceremony marking the return of Seoul to Republic of Korea control, General Government Building, Seoul, Korea, 29 Sep 1950, photo 3 of 3	Marine Commandant Clifton Cates (left) receives the first flag flown over the recaptured Seoul, South Korea from 1st Marine Commander Col Chesty Puller, Oct 3 1950.

Truman read citation to General Douglas MacArthur following their meeting at Wake Island, 14 Oct 1950	President Truman and General MacArthur at Wake Island, 15 Oct 1950

US President Harry Truman and Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Arthur Radford walking to their car at the Wake Island conference, 16 Oct 1950. Note lines from early wirephoto transmission “noise.”	US President Truman with Averell Harriman, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, John Snyder, Frank Pace, Jr., and Omar Bradley, Washington DC, United States, 18 Oct 1950

Letter from MacArthur to Truman regarding Wake Island conference, 30 Oct 1950, 1 of 2	Letter from MacArthur to Truman regarding Wake Island conference, 30 Oct 1950, 2 of 2

General Elsey's proposed response for General MacArthur's message dated 30 Oct 1950, 1 of 2	General Elsey's proposed response for General MacArthur's message dated 30 Oct 1950, 2 of 2

Truman presenting United States Marine Corps Reserve Colonel Justice M. Chambers with the Medal of Honor for heroism at Iwo Jima, 1 Nov 1950	Colonel Lewis Puller reading the US Marine Corps Birthday Proclamation, Korea, 10 Nov 1950

Emperor Showa speaking at the ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, 17 Nov 1950	Marine Col Chesty Puller commanding the 1st Marines in Korea, Nov 22, 1950.