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[Photograph 2012.201.B1310.0035]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lt. Col. Donald El Thomson, right, a former professor of military science at Panhandle A&M College, Goodwell, whose family lives in Guymon, gave the order and then scuffled with the two Communist guards to allow the defecting North Korean time to get into an escape car."
Date: 1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1306.0685]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Present for sooner goes to Mrs. Grover Thomas of Lawton, Oklahoma, who received a music box at a dinner at the official residence of General Park Chung-Hee, right, chairman, ruling supreme council, in Seoul, Korea."
Date: May 8, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1306.0684]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "One of her "Sons", South Korean army Lt. Col. Oh Ji-soo, embraces Mrs. Grover Thomas, 67-year-old Lawton woman, on her arrival in Seoul as a guest of the many South Korean soldiers she befriended while they were at Fort Sill."
Date: May 4, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0553]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Unveiled in Washington, D. C., by the International Cooperation administration, this three-dollar washing machine gets a tryout from Mrs. E. Soon Choi, dean of women at Yon Sei university in Korea."
Date: September 20, 1959
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0661]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Korean Consul General Young Han Choo examines a vase being displayed at the Korean booth in International House at the Semi-Centennial exposition."
Date: June 27, 1957
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0665]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cpl. George Choolakian, New York born U.S. Marine sought by Moscow as part of an exchange for two American prisoners held in Russia, said Wednesday "I just wouldn't go." The 19 year old marine said in an interview by telephone from his marine air base that he "would definitely say NO" to the swap proposed by Moscow in a not to Washington December 31."
Date: January 6, 1955
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0422.0094]

Description: Caption: "of thousands of foster fathers in the 45th Infantry division was Brig. Gen. Harvey Fischer, shown here with orphans of the Korean waifs home on the island of Cheju-do off Korea's south coast, for whom thunderbirds raised $54,476."
Date: April 29, 1954
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0227.0525]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "1st Lt. Wilford E Clark, Oklahoma City, Okla., climbs from the cockpit of his F-84 thunder jet upon completion of his 100th combat mission against the Communists in North Korea."
Date: September 3, 1952
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0303.0071]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Self-service laundry, Korean style, may be all right for Thunderbird Sgt. 1-e Jimmie Derrick, right of Mountain View."
Date: April 21, 1952
Creator: Sgt. August Goettsch
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0239]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, 45th "Thunderbird" Division commander, gets a laugh from the first group of Thunderbirds to "phase-out" for the trip back to Oklahoma as he bids them a grateful farewell. He called the 45th "the finest division ever sent to the Eighth Army."
Date: March 28, 1952
Creator: Pyer, Ron
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0472]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "A couple of Thunderbird soldiers in Korea have found a new use for the conventional Korean oxcart. Sgt. Donald A. Rohde, wire chief, of Guthrie, and passenger Pfc. Lloyd Wiese, Livermore, Iowa, , are using it to unreel communications wire. They are from the 179th Infantry Regiment's second battalion."
Date: March 25, 1952
Creator: Gunter, Cpl. Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0237]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "After landing at Kimpo Airport near Seoul, Korea, Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, second from left, commanding general of the 45th, is briefed on the situation by Brig. Gen. Robert L. Dulaney, asst. division commander, as Maj. Fred Snyder, right, of Edmond, division operations officer, looks on. The 45th is the first National Guard division to enter the combat zone since VJ Day."
Date: February 8, 1952
Creator: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0431]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two 7th Infantry Division soldiers in Korea check over a mud-spattered jeep at a motor pool on the east-central front. They are Cpl. Val G. Rogers, left, of Oklahoma City, and Pvt. Emil Biagi, San Francisco, Calif. Both are in the "Buffalo" regiment."
Date: January 31, 1952
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0219]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Visiting units of the 45th Infantry Division on its first day in Korea was Col. Ross H. Routh, second from left, now finance officer for the U. S. Eighth Army. Accompanied by Maj. Donald Oldham, OKC, division financial officer, he watches Capt. Leo Williams, Atoka, pay Sgt. 1 / C Jim Barnhill, member of the MPs, Stringtown."
Date: January 19, 1952
Creator: Gunter, Cpl. Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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