He also provided a personal narrative about his war service in the U.S. Some information about the images was written on the slides by Kremer. They showed life on the military base in Seoul, areas around South Korea, and sights in Japan during R&R (Rest and Recuperation). That is why the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at Panmunjom remains one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world.īruce Kremer’s images from the Korean War were found in a closet by his daughter, containing about 300 Fuji and Ansco 35mm color slides. The Armistice Agreement only halted the fighting, and no formal peace treat was ever was ever signed.
Congress officially marks the end in 1955, as a result of the contentious peace negotiations that followed the ceasefire in 1953.īut in reality the war has technically not ended, and a state of hostility has remained for almost seven decades since. Although history books note that the Korean War ended in 1953, the U.S. Lasting from June 1950 to July 1953, it is estimated that at least 2.5 million people lost their lives. The Korean War remains less understood today than other American conflicts. The two Koreas quickly became the frontlines of first armed conflict of the Cold War between America, Russia, and China. After decades of occupation by Imperial Japan ended with the Second World War, the “the hermit kingdom” was left divided. As Colonial powers sought to carve up Africa and smaller Asian nations, Korea was caught in a tug-of-War between Czarist Russia and Meiji Japan, each trying to wrestle away the vassal of China’s Qing Dynasty. The Korean peninsula has been at the center of geo-political struggles for hundreds of years. They are stunning and beautiful, and these type of images in color are very rare.” “They are slice-of-life shots of Seoul and Tokyo in 1954-55, and then some that are related to the military. These have that same kind of feel to them,” said Schaffer. “Kremer’s slides are reminiscent of another collection we have by Lyle Oberwise, when he took photographs in China, Burma, and the India theaters during World War II. Murlaschitz, who wrote his family while a Prisoner of War held in China. The only other items MCHS has from that era are some personal letters from Milwaukee native John S. That was why he wanted MCHS to have more materials that represented the time. Schaffer said he often felt dismay at how the Korean War had been forgotten in the American consciousness. “We have next to nothing on the Korean conflict in our collection, and it has always been a personal interest of mine.” So when the donor eventually decided to go with us, and I very thrilled,” said Schaffer. It is not a competition with one another. “I wanted to see the collection in a good home. After Schaffer suggested alternative institutions to give the photo collection, it was mutually decided that MCHS was the best fit. Kremer was not a local resident, but his daughter lived in Milwaukee. Schaffer received a call from a donor, asking if MCHS would be interested in a collection of slides taken at the end of the Korean War.
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