After the defeat of the Empire of Japan in World War II, Syngman Rhee returned to Korea in October 1945 with the support of the U.S. government; Franziska Donner followed him there a few months later. In March More
In 1951, the Eighth Army authorized a unit with the innocuous name "G3 Miscellaneous Division." G3 is the general staff title for operations. G3 Misc. was to be responsible for the planning, training, and suppo More
The Army, to find enlisted men for jobs that required a university degree, set up a special classification and assignment unit at Ft. Myer, in Arlington, Va. Towards the end of 1950, orders went out to send all More
The workhorse of air delivery of leaflets in the Korean War was the C-47 Transport Aircraft. Also used was the B-29 Superfortress, which could distribute one million leaflets per flight. Some B-26 gunships were More
The structure of clandestine psychological warfare activities in Korea is complex and confusing. The State Department, the CIA, the Army, the Air Force and the Navy wanted control of PSYOP activities, but only More
A Mobile Radio Station is prepared by U.S. Army PSYOP Soldiers during the Korean War.
Loading M16A1 Cluster Adaptor Leaflet Bomb.The primary means of dispersing leaflets was the leaflet bomb. Fully loaded with 30,000 fliers, a bomb weighed 225 pounds. Before the leaflets were packed into the bom More
Early in the Korean War the military did not have a dedicated artillery leaflet shell. The 105 mm howitzer smoke shell and the British “25 pounder” smoke shell were most suitable to convert to leaflet shells. W More