A Republic of Korea (KOR) K1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) drives off the ALLIGATOR CLASS: Amphibious Landing Ship, SEONGIN BONG (LST 685) onto Pohang Beach, Korea, during a simulated amphibious attack conducted during the Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration phase of Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2004 (RSOI/EF 04). RSOI is an annual combined/Joint Command Post Exercise held by Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea and US Forces Commanders to train and evaluate command capabilities to receive US Forces from bases outside Korea. Foal Eagle is a Counter Infiltration Field Training Exercise
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RSOI/FE 04
Base: Pohang Beach
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT D. Myles Cullen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.
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Date
26/03/2004
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The U.S. National Archives
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