PHOTOS TO ACCOMPANY KOREA: A BRIEF HISTORY
The HTML version of Bob Gunnarsson's history of the 558th MP Company in Korea does not include the photos. Listed below with a brief description of each are the photos associated with the original text. Click on the highlighted portion to access the photo.
1) An MP machine-gun team of X Corps in relief of a convoy pinned down by Chinese Communist forces. December 6, 1950. / Photograph courtesy of The Center For Military History. Signal Corps photo.
2) Map covering the area of the "neutral zone" devoted to the truce talks - Munsan-ni, Panmunjom and Kaesan / Photo courtesy of The Center For Military History, Ft. McNair, Washington DC
3) A traffic control point [TCP] manned by a member of the 558th MP Company in Yongsan, 1953. This TCP regulated traffic between the Main and South Posts of the Eighth US Army Heaquarters. / Photo courtesy of Gerald Schaffner, a former member of the unit.
4) Members of the 558th MP Company stand guard mount in the company compound in Yongsan [1953] / Photo courtesy of Gerald Schaffner.
5) View of the entrance to the 558th Company compound and one of the main buildings which incuded the Company Headquarters, The First Platoon and the "Club." A second building just beyond this one housed the remaining elements of the company. / Photo courtesy of Gerald Schaffner
6) One of three or four checkpoints [gates] staffed by members of the 558th that controlled traffic into and out of the Eighth Army Hq. A member of the Korean National Police [KNP] also worked these control points. / Photo courtesy of Gerald Schaffner
7) The 558th MP Co. provided security for the armistice negoiations. To accomplish this mission the company maintained detachments of military police at Munsan-ni and at Panmunjom. In this photo, MPs are guarding the tents of the United Nations delegation [commonly referred to as "tent city."] / Photo courtesy of The National Archives - Still Pictures Branch, Record Group 111-sc-383310
8) An MP from the 558th MP Detachment stands at parade rest during the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953. If you look closely, you will see another MP on foot patrol who is barely visible through the window.
