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| Keywords: FEAF BOMBER COMMAND, JAPAN-As the words informing the world of the truce being signed in Korea reached the ears of... - NARA - 542363.tif Scope and content FEAF BOMBER COMMAND JAPAN--As the words informing the world of the truce being signed in Korea reached the ears of military personnel in Korea and Japan emotions were expressed in a variety of ways Here A/2C Wilbur E Baker Gloucester Mass a B-29 Superfort gunner with the 98th Bomb Wing in Japan throws a handful of practice 50 caliber ammunition into the air in a release of tensions caused by months of tiring combat duty Throughout the Korean war Superfort medium bombers pounded key Communist military targets deep in North Korea and along the enemy battleline unleashing their 10-ton bomb loads into troop and supply concentrations transportation facilities battleline installations and other strategic enemy objectives General notes 542363 Local identifier 342-FH-4A 31922 Department of Defense Department of the Air Force 09/26/1947 - Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 ca 07/1953 Record group Record Group 342 Records of U S Air Force Commands Activities and Organizations 1900 - 2003 Record group ARC 654 Black and White and Color Photographs of U S Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities Facilities and Personnel - World War II and Korean War compiled ca 1940 - ca 1980 documenting the period 1863 - 1953 Series ARC 542351 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier NASM 4A 31922<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-342-FH-4A 31922 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov B-29s in the Korean War Joy Air gunners 98th Range Wing United States Air Force | ||||