On July 5, 1950, Private Robert L. Witzig fires his 2.34-inch bazooka at a Northern Korean T-34 tank near Pyongtaek. Shortly afterward his loader, Pfc Kenneth Shadrick, was fatally shot in the chest.
Photo: National Archives
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