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Public Domain: Grief-stricken Soldier, WWII by Al. Chang, August 1950 (NARA)

Public Domain: Grief-stricken Soldier, WWII by Al. Chang, August 1950 (NARA) by pingnews.com.
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ARC Identifier: 531370
Title: A grief stricken American infantryman whose buddy has been killed in action is comforted by another soldier. In the background a corpsman methodically fills out casualty tags, Haktong-ni area, Korea., 08/28/1950



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Creator: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ( Most Recent)

Type of Archival Materials:
Photographs and other Graphic Materials
Level of Description:
Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

Location: Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3530, FAX: 301-837-3621, EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov
Production Date: 08/28/1950

Part of: Series: Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, 1754 - 1954

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Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

General Note: Use War and Conflict Number 1459 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Variant Control Number(s):
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-SC-347803
Local Identifier: NWDNS-111-SC-347803


Copy 1
Copy Status: Preservation-Reproduction
Storage Facility: National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD)
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Media Type: Negative


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Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials
Chang, Al. Sergeant First Class, Photographer 

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CHE reborn says:

I really wonder why such a meaningful photo did not receive any comment before this.

The hard reality of life is not only that it mentions, but also the fact how politicians play with blood and tears.

- Kushal.
email.kushal@yahoo.co.in
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groovymini  Pro User  says:

From my mom's cousin to me (regarding this photo):
"...Meanwhile here's a blurb just off the top of my head on Eugene Harris, your grandmother's brother (my uncle).
The attached photo was taken in Sep 1950 during the opening days of the Korean War by Al Chang, U.S. Signal Corps. It was published in The Family of Man, p.149, a photo exhibition for the New York Museum of Modern Art. The photo is particularly unusual in that it depicts one man comforting another. We believe that this is a photo of Eugene. He was dead in combat only a few days later. His daughter, Lynda Anderson, tracked down the photographer only to learn that the photographer never documented the individuals in the picture. The dates, though, match precisely with the correct locations. This image was chosen by the Red Cross to be struck on the reverse of their 50th Anniversary medallion coins.
Eugene Sallee Harris b. 15 Aug 1918, Clinton MS. d. Sep 1950, Korea. He was an unusually large man (thyroid disorder?) He had persistent discipline and academic problems (dyslexia? ADD? ADHD?) for which his exasperated parents eventually sent him for electric shock treatments. Eugene & my father, Lawrence, would generally defend the younger and smaller brother, Richard, against bullies at school. Eugene was very intelligent, but he just had problems with schoolwork. He eventually found a home in the Army. He could learn a job, do it well, & get promoted - but then he'd get into a fight and get busted back to Private. At the outbreak of the Korean War he was a Mortician (based in Japan?). The U.S. took warm bodies from wherever they could and sent them to block the Communist invasion while organized combat units coud be assembled ant transported to the war front. They gave Eugene a rifle and shipped him to the war. He was dead a short time later - a large man, a choice target for a ChiCom looking for something to shoot at."
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pingnews.com  Pro User  says:

Wow. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bangag says:

large hands.
gentle hands.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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