| Accession Number | HOBJ1779 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Hobson, Phillip Oliver |
| Place made | Korea: Pyongyang Area, Pyongyang |
| Date made | c November 1950 |
| Conflict |
Korea, 1950-1953 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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North Korea. 1950. Turkish troops have figured in many bitter campaigns in Europe and the Near ...
Description
North Korea. 1950. Turkish troops have figured in many bitter campaigns in Europe and the Near East. This may be the first time in history that a Turkish Regiment has come so far to find a battle ground but some of their hard fighting ancestors under the banner of the Grey Wolf may have ranged nearly as far. Those sturdy Turkish Infantrymen do a little sight-seeing in Pyongyang, and take their weapons with them, just in case. Interested ally is Corporal Bill Bullard of Campsie, NSW. Observers have commented on the solid physique of the Turkish Contingent, old hands claiming them to be of the same type as those who made things so hot for the Australians in Gallipoli and in Palestine during World War I. The Korean winter doesn't bother them. Mountain trained, they are expected to do as well against the Koreans as their fathers did against the Tsarist Russian Armies around the Erzerum and in bitter Caucasian winter campaigns of the First World War.