2 March 1951 · Black-and-white photographic print
Men of the 1st Marine Division capture Chinese Communists at Hoengsong
Pfc. C. T. Wehner, United States Marine Corps
Why it matters
The photograph marks how quickly the wartime category of Chinese friend gave way to the Cold War category of Communist enemy. Its official caption makes political identity the prisoners’ defining feature, while the composition turns capture and surrender into the first American view in this chapter.
- Publication
- United States Marine Corps photograph
- Holding institution
- National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the United States Marine Corps
- Shelfmark
- 127-N-A6759; NARA ID 532414; DVIC HD-SN-99-03152
Wehner, C. T. Men of the 1st Marine Division Capture Chinese Communists during Fighting on the Central Korean Front, Hoengsong, 2 March 1951. United States Marine Corps photograph. National Archives, 127-N-A6759.
