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United States Army forces target railway cars south of Wonsan, North Korea, an east coast port city, during the Korean War. Trains in North Korea were targets of attack by U.S. and other U.N. forces, so much so that both military and civilian trains often had to wait out the daylight hours in tunnels. Photo credit: United States Army Recently featured: Types of mustard – United States Capitol dome, 1846 – Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg, 1945 Archive – More featured pictures...

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