Korean War, South Korean War Orphan, 1950
Captioned: "A small South Korean child sits alone in the street, after elements of the 1st Marine Division and South Korean Marines invaded the city of Inchon, in an offensive launched against the North Korean forces in that area." The Korean War had a tremendous impact on the growth of orphanages. It has been estimated that over 100,000 homeless and parentless children were left in the war's wake. By the end of 1954 there were over 400 registered orphanages in the Republic of Korea, almost all of them sustained in great part by donations from US Armed Forces personnel. During 1954 the orphanage population was still growing by over one thousand children a month as children came in off the streets. Photograph credited to Private 1st Class Ronald L. Hancock, Army, September 16, 1950.
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License: Licensed
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