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Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Rocket-launching Ships Go in to the Kill." Originally published in Picture Post, October 7, 1950. Story titled "Inchon", about the Korean War. Caption in magazine reads: "Slavoes of five-inch projectiles tear into the beaches about to be stormed, and into the town about to be liberated." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Rocket-launching Ships Go in to the Kill

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Foothold in Hades." An alternate shot was published in Picture Post, Vol. 49 No. 1, October 7, 1950, in a Korean War story titled "Inchon". Photographer's stamp on verso.

A Foothold in Hades 2

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Foothold in Hades: Over the Sea-wall and Into the Night Go the Leading Men of the United States First Marine Division." Originally published in Picture Post, Vol. 49 No. 1, October 7, 1950, in a Korean War story titled "Inchon". Photographer's stamp on verso.

A Foothold in Hades

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "This is What Happens to Humanity When It is Liberated Twice Within Three Months." Originally published in Picture Post, October 7, 1950. Story titled "Inchon", about the Korean War. Caption in magazine reads: "When humanity gets given 'the works', in twentieth-century style, it passes beyond tragedy. Its old ones caper round like crazy goats, its young ones put out more crazy flags in a confused desire to please, its crazy infants surrender in advance, and its spokesmen utter their final crazy verdict 'Sank you!' Which, being interpreted, means that humanity, with the best will in the world, can stand no more liberations like this." Photographer's stamp on verso.

This is What Happens to Humanity When It is Liberated Twice Within Three Months

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "And No-one's Taking a Chance." Image shows civilians coming out of a house with their hands up, following the liberation of Incheon during the Korean War. Originally published in Picture Post, October 7, 1950. Photographer's stamp on verso.

South Korean Civilians After Liberation of Incheon

1950