- Original Korean War Press Photograph: “ETHIOPIAN TROOPS IN KOREA: THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF CO C, ETHIOPIAN UNIT, UNITED NATIONS FORCES IN KOREA, AND HIS STAFF OFFICERS CHECK COORDINATES OF ENEMY POSITIONS, KOREA.”
- Size: Approx. 18 x 12.5 cm. (7 x 5”).
- Note - this is an original Korean War U.S. Army Press Photo - not a later reprint.
- The following is copied from the internet:
- The Kagnew Battalions were a number of military units from the Imperial Ethiopian Army which fought as part of United Nations Command in the Korean War (1950–53). The battalions rotated yearly, with the First Kagnew Battalion arriving at the front in 1951. The Third Kagnew Battalion which arrived in 1953, stayed through the signing of the armistice into 1954. Over the next two years more Ethiopians guarded the stalemate in Korea as part of the Fourth Kagnew Battalion and the Fifth Kagnew Company. Even though some publications indicate Ethiopians remained in Korea until 1965, in fact they remained a part of the United Nations Command until 1975. Members of Kagnew Battalions were, with few exceptions, drawn from the Ethiopian Imperial Bodyguard Division. Altogether, 3,158 Ethiopians served in Kagnew Battalions during the war.
- At the outbreak of war in the Korean peninsula in 1950, the United Nations sent a plea to its member nations for military assistance. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, an ardent supporter of collective security, pledged to dispatch an infantry battalion.
- The Kagnews served with great distinction, principally alongside the U.S. 7th Infantry Division and by all accounts (including the enemy's) acquitted themselves well in battle, suffering 121 dead and 536 wounded during the course of the conflict.
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