Korean War railroad attack
Photo by USAMHI
While the military kept America’s railroads running under Truman, it sought the opposite elsewhere. Here, the Fifth Air Force’s 452nd Light Bomb Wing drops napalm on rail cars south of Wonsan, North Korea, an east coast port city, circa 1950-51.
“Thats Hot.” - Paris Hilton
I really shouldn’t bring her name into a topic on trains.
Unless she is run over by one !
HMMMM, I wonder if this napalm method could be used to eliminate competition in the rail business? seems pretty effective to me.
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Looks like a hot time in that train yard. The North Korean Roadmaster is going to have his work cut out for him. Or more correctly burned out for him.
If you push the photo to 300% you can see what looks like some folks in the photo.
Sierra Two
Here is the link to the photo on the AHEC website:
http://ahecwebdds.carlisle.army.mil/awapps/main.jsp?nn=Photographs&nt=series
It is photo number 182 on page 8 under the Korean War.
Dave
Bombing those box cars with napalm gives a whole new meaning to the term “HOT BOX” [#oops]