_Patrol Actions--Task forces, ranging in size from a squad to a battalion, sometimes supported by tanks as well as air and artillery, were employed for specific missions during the breakout._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5445 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5438 ] _Before and After Taking--Two views, only a few seconds apart, of the effective close air support given Marine infantry; the plane is hidden by the dense cloud of black smoke._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5440 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5685 ] _The Hagaru Airstrip--Above, walking wounded awaiting evacuation in an Air Force C-47 which flew in artillery ammunition; below, casualties leave their rifles behind but will take out much-needed parachutes shown in the foreground._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5683 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5398 ] _Helicopter and Ambulance Evacuation--Above, the helicopters of VMO-6 flew out casualties from areas which otherwise could not have been reached; below, ambulances had their moments, too, as this bullet-riddled specimen shows._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5461 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5409 ] _Breakout from Hagaru--Above, crippled vehicles are simply pushed off the road; below, at every halt the weary gravel-crunchers sink exhausted into the snow._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5428 ] [Illustration: Photos courtesy LtGen E. A. Craig and Capt R. W. Crook ] _Victims of Communist Aggression--Three views of the Korean refugees, ranging from infants to patriarchs, who followed the Marine column all the way to Hungnam._ [Illustration: USA Photo SC 355017 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 130426 ] _Magnificent Air Support--Above, crewmen check rockets of a Corsair fighter-bomber; and, below, one of the old Grumman TBMs resurrected for casualty evacuation from Koto-ri._ [Illustration: USMC Photo A 130442 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5361 ] _Fighting in the Heavyweight Division--Above, Marine tanks awaiting withdrawal from Koto-ri; below, Army self-propelled 155mm howitzers firing from the Chinhung-ni area._ [Illustration: USA Photo SC 354246 ] [Illustration: USMC Photo A 5372 ]