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U.S. Army Military Police on duty in Korea and Beirut Lebanon
Honor Guard of UN troops from various nations stand at entrance to the so-called "Peace Pagoda," where negotiations were conducted to end the Korean conflict. U.S. Military Police Officers escort Major General George G. Finch, USAF, Chief negotiator for the U.S. followed by MP officers escorting Lieutenant General, William K. Harrison, Jr. United States Army, Senior Delegate, United Nations Command Delegation, who would sign the truce documents. Separate sequence shows U.S. Army MPs and U.S. Navy Shore Patrol (SP) patrolling streets in Beirut Lebanon, in 1958. MPs talk with a local policeman and point to a map of the Town of Beirut, posted on a wall
Departure of American forces from Lebanon following brief U.S. intervention in 1958
Opening scene shows an honor guard of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers lined up in formation in front of the Beirut airport terminal building. As an officer steps away from them, the troops render salutes while right-shouldering arms. The officer walks toward several civilians and an American officer who salutes. Next, a U.S. Major General greets Lebanese army officers. The LAF soldiers march away shouldering their rifles. Several U.S. soldiers are seen boarding a U.S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft by way of a side door and drop-down stairs. One of them carries a large box. A United Nations DC-3 aircraft is seen taxiing out rapidly for takeoff. It displays the letters "U.N.R.W.A." on its rear fuselage and the logo of The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East on its tail.
U.S. President Eisenhower and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge speak about U.S. intervention in the Lebanon Crisis.
United States intervention in the Lebanon Crisis. U.S. Marines reaching the coastline of Lebanon. The Marines climb out of rafts. People watching the Marines. U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. Lebanese people on a beach. U.S. Marines unloading ammunition from the rafts. The Marines holding guns moving into the city of Beirut. The Marines guarding Beirut International Airport. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a speech says that U.S. intervention could have serious effects. He says that the United States is neither looking for any material gain nor has it any emotional hostility against any government. The sole aim is the preservation of independence of every state. Several aircraft on an airfield. U.S. 2nd Marine Division enplaning at Cherry Point in North Carolina, U.S. Soldiers holding equipment beside the aircraft. The soldiers walking in columns. Several aircraft on the airfield. U.S. Army airborne troops beside the aircraft. The troops getting into the aircraft. Airborne troops from Germany at Adena air base in Turkey. British paratroops from Cyprus boarding aircraft bound for Jordan. A Royal Air Force aircraft takes off. U.S. aircraft carrier USS Leyte in a harbor. Supplies carried on cranes. U.S. sailors speaking over telephones in phone boxes. Sailors holding cartons moving on a ramp to a vessel. Officials at the United Nations building during a meeting. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Henry Cabot Lodge speaking into a microphone. Officials beside the Ambassador. The Ambassador calls for decisive action by the UN and says U.S. Marines will be withdrawn in accordance with the UN action.
U.S. aircraft A4C Skyhawk in flight and aerial view of Beirut Harbor in Lebanon.
United States attack aircraft A4C Skyhawk in flight over Beirut Harbor in Lebanon. A pilot seated in the cockpit. Aerial view of the buildings and the Beirut Harbor. Ships in water near the Beirut Harbor.
A guard on duty at the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon.
Unites States forces in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanese crisis. A Lebanese soldier on guard at Beirut International Airport. Soldier on guard as a car drives past in the background. The airport administration building and control tower. Sign on the airport main terminal building reads 'Beirut International Airport'.
Marines disembark in full battle gear from LVPT-5 at beach in Beirut, Lebanon, during crisis.
U.S. Marines dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958. LVPT-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) moving in the surf toward the beach and onto it. Ramp dropped and marines disembark in full battle gear. Second LVPT-5 moves up to the beach. Marines disembark on the double. Interior of LVPT-5, ramp lowered and marines move inland and over a sand dune. Lone Marine moves up over a sand dune and he waves to his buddies. Group of marines with rifles over shoulders, moves over the dune.
