A Korean Youth Learns a Baseball Lesson, 1951

A Korean Youth Learns a Baseball Lesson, 1951

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations.

Korean War

The original caption for this photograph reads: A Korean youth, Kim Pak Soon, is taught one of the fundamental lessons of baseball: "Get your glove up, and keep the fingers out of the way." His instructor is S/Sgt. James W. Black, Chicago, Ill., member of the Fifth Air Force's 49th Fighter Bomber Wing. As warm weather approaches, members of the 49th plan to expand the sports program, even in war-torn Korea.

National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

1951-03

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Photograph 342-AF-124198AC; A Korean youth, Kim Pak Soon, is taught one of the fundamental lessons of baseball: 'get your glove up, and keep the fingers out of the way.'; 3/1951; NASM 4A 36330; Black and White Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessors' Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, 1930 - 1975; Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, Record Group 342; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

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