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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97174

"Republic of Korea Army is Trained in U.S. Army Style"


"Major Harry W. Hoffman ..., Weapons Advisor for the Infantry School, watches target practice on a known distance rifle range." (Quoted from the original caption)
Photograph is dated 9 February 1952.
The ROK soldiers are firing M1 "Garand" rifles. Note Major Hoffman's Korean Military Advisory Group shoulder patch and emblems painted on the Korean troops' helmets.

Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

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13 December 1999