解説SC 351736 FEC-50-21212 - 30 October 1950 (52566770726).jpg |
"CONFLICT IN KOREA: L-R: Brig Gen Lee Chongchan, 3rd ROK Div; Capt. Claude Short (Bessemer City, N.C.); Maj Gen Kim Paikil, CG of 1st ROK Div; and Brig Gen Lee Chunsik, Vice Commander, 1st ROK Div, waiting for the arrival of Gen Almond at Hamhung, Korea."
NARA / Courtesy of the National Institute of Korea History.
BG Lee Jongchan (이종찬, 1916-1983) - Imperial Japanese Army officer (Major), 1937-1945; CO, ROK Capital Division, 1950; CG, ROK 3rd Division, 1950; Army Chief of Staff, 1951-52; Superintendent, ROK Army College, 1953-60; retired as LTG, 1960. Minister of National Defense, 1960; Ambassador to Italy, 1961-67; member of the National Assembly, 1973-80.
MG Kim Baek-il (김백일, 1917-1951) - Imperial Manchukuo Army officer (Captain), 1937-1945; Army Deputy Chief of Staff, 1950; CG, ROK I Corps, 1950-51; died in air crash on 28 March 1951.
BG Lee Junsik (이준식, 1900-1966) - Chinese Nationalist Army officer (Colonel), 1930-39; Korean Liberation Army officer (Colonel), 1950-46; superintendent, Korean Military Academy, 1950; CG, ROK 3rd Division, 1950; Deputy CG, ROK I Corps, 1950; G-3, ROKA HQ, 1951-52; retired as LTG, 1959. |