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A
Chinese
soldier, killed by
United States Marines
in
Korea
during a Chinese attack following
Operation Courageous
, a
military operation
during the
Korean War
, designed to trap large numbers of Chinese and
North Korean
troops between the
Han
and
Imjin Rivers
north of
Seoul
. Massive Chinese reinforcements, totaling over 700,000 troops, overran Allied positions to the south but, by the end of May 1951, were progressively pushed back north of the Imjin.
Photo credit: N.H. McMasters,
United States Army
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