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A Chinese soldier, killed by Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Korea during attack on Hill 1051, on Kari San Mountain
Edited version: tonal imbalance (L-R), dust removed
Reason
A perfect image of a war causality, it beautifully represents the subject matter of war dead. High resolution.
Articles this image appears in
Korean War
Creator
US Military. McMasters, N. H., photographer.
The (slightly) extended caption at the image's source page states "Killed by air support, 05/23/1951". I'm not sure how certain anyone can be of this under the circumstances, but that's the way it's been archived. Land mines are unlikely at this location, assuming that is the location.. absence of proof is not proof of absence, or something like that. mikaultalk 13:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with mikaultalk, I'm not sure you can accurately tell a cause of death from a single photograph, the other photo by 'N.H McMasters' shows helicopters picking up wounded marines on the same kari san mountain on the same day, I wonder if this Chinese soldier was killed by a helicopter MG, however I don't know enough about the Korean War and helicopters used there to say with certainty. Bleh999 14:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:DeadchinesesoldierEdit.jpg MER-C 11:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]