
Historical Information | ||||||||
Caption | Colonel Lewis Puller, General Douglas MacArthur, General Oliver Smith, and other US officers at Puller's command post, Korea, 17 Sep 1950 ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Korea | |||||||
Date | 17 Sep 1950 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source Information | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps Oliver P. Smith Collection via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||||
Identification Code | COLL/213 | |||||||
Related Content | ||||||||
More on... |
| |||||||
Photos on Same Day | 17 Sep 1950 | |||||||
Licensing Information | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". The source had also alternatively noted this photo being distributed under Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
|||||||
Metadata | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 1,900 x 1,279 pixels |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB

News
- » Wreck of Teruzuki Found (27 Jul 2025)
- » USS Orlean's Bow Found (22 Jul 2025)
- » The Emperor of Japan Planned to Honor WW2-era Japanese POWs in Mongolia (4 Jul 2025)
- » US State Lawmaker John Winter Caught Using Racial Slur "Jap" and Apologized (11 Jun 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Battleship Yamato underway in the Bungo Channel between the Inland Sea and Philippine Sea, 20 Oct 1941Current Site Statistics
- » 1,181 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 45,111 timeline entries
- » 1,246 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,469 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945