A small group of Australians conferring on a shell pocked hill top near to the Hook positions ...

A small group of Australians conferring on a shell pocked hill top near to the Hook positions held by the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). The completely denuded hill tops at the centre probably mark them as enemy positions heavily bombed by the US Air Force or by artillery fire. The red, yellow and green 'peace' flags flying on the ridge line were placed there by the Communist Chinese forces after the cease fire. The soldiers on the crest behind the flags are probably Communist Chinese soldiers. For a short time after the 28th of July Armistice men from both sides met each other on friendly terms and were allowed to recover bodies from previously inaccessible areas. One of a series of photographs taken by the Australian Mr Douglas (Doug) Bushby in his capacity as a UN accredited War Correspondent. Mr Bushby devoted much of his time to relief and missionary work amongst Korean refugees, orphans and North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war.