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| Keywords: When members of the United Nations Forces moved north over the 38th Parallel into the well-known industrial cities... - NARA - 542199.tif Scope and content When members of the United Nations Forces moved north over the 38th Parallel into the well-known industrial cities they found gutted buildings and mounds of twisted steel that were formerly vital to Communistic Korea's military forces Targets such as the large marshalling yards of Pyongyang the oil refinery at Wonsan and the key Kan-ni Arsenal near Pyongyang are evidence of the efforts put forth by the U S Air Force B-29s flying the long air miles from bases in Japan and Okinawa Upon request from the United Nations bombardiers of the huge bombers paid close attention to pin-pointed military targets and left surrounding civilian homes and business sections almost untouched B-29s of the U S Air Force drop their 500-pound bombs on a strategic target in North Korea These planes have devastated enemy North Korean supply lines industrial areas and troop concentrations with their precision bombing General notes 542199 Local identifier 342-AF-77472AC Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ca date 1950 09 13 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessors' Activities Facilities and Personnel Domestic and Foreign compiled 1930 - 1975 documenting the period 1863 - 1975 Series ARC 542185 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 38425<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-AF-77472AC yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1950 in Korea Bombing during the Korean War B-29s in the Korean War History of the United Nations | ||||