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Image: Aerial view of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir penstocks in the Funchilin Pass, with a close-up of the damaged bridge

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Description: Aerial view taken from one of VMO-6’s light observation aircraft, flown by 1st Lt. John D. Cotton, shows the power station at Funchilin Pass, the pipes or “penstocks” that carried off the water, and the precarious nature of the road occupying a thin shelf cut into the precipitous slope. The inset photo is a close-up of the blown bridge.
Title: Aerial view of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir penstocks in the Funchilin Pass, with a close-up of the damaged bridge
Credit: National Archive photo RG 127, 127-GK-234J-A130504 (main), 127-GK-234J-A5376(inset). Digital Copy from Barry W. Fowle, Office of History Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 'Remembering the “Forgotten War”: U.S. Army Engineer Officers in Korea', p. 218
Author: Sgt William R. Keating
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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