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President Syngman Rhee obtains a first-hand view of how the National Rehabilitation Center at Tongnae is assisting the physically handicapped, with the aid of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA). Here the President, on a visit to the Center on Saturday, 26 November 1955, is shown with a young polio victim and his mother in the physiotherapy department, which is supervised by Miss Wendy Heaton, a specialist provided by the American-Korean Foundation. With the President is Dr. Leslie N. Yhap, an UNKRA advisor at the Center. The President also watched activities in the vocational training department, where handicapped persons are learning new skills, and in the workshop devoted to the making of artificial limbs.

Potato flour noodles being soaked in salt water to preserve them. They are dried again after soaking, then sold.

Potato flour noodles being soaked in salt water to preserve them. They are dried again after soaking, then sold.

Potato flour noodles being soaked in salt water to preserve them. They are dried again after soaking, then sold.

A message of welcome to the WHO-UNKRA mission written on a classroom blackboard in the East Taegu Hospital by Dr. Lee.

Potato flour noodles being soaked in salt water to preserve them. They are dried again after soaking, then sold.

Pusan harbor with the city in the background.

The beach at Song Do, just outside Pusan.

The beach at Song Do, just outside Pusan.

Orphanage at Pusan.