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United States Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team returns to Japan from Korea and is welcomed by City of Beppu, Oita
Clip opens with rapid changing scenes: American troops in trench in Korea. American tank on street in Germany. American Ski troops in Alaska. Amphibian assault training in Puerto Rico. Rotating Globe shows: U.S. Army on alert to defend against aggression. Sergeant Stuart introduces episdoe and states that U.S. Army has come to Japan to know their culture and make friends after war and occupation. U.S. Army troops of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, are seen arriving by railroad train at a train stateion near their base near Beppu,Oita on the island of Kyushu, Japan. U.S. Army soldiers, including white and African American soldiers, exit train cars. They receive a warm welcome from Japanese population. Banner reads:" Welcome Pala Troop comin back from Korea, City of Beppu."[sic] Women holding flowers and families with small children waving American and Japanese flags, welcome them on the train station. A sign over the train station platform reads: "Welcome 187 Para Troop Coming Back From Korea, City of Beppu." The troops stand in formation on the platform while the unit's officers receive the flowers from the women. Japanese men in fraternal uniforms and the general population all join in the welcoming ceremonies. The troops march off the train station under another sign reading: Welcome Home 187 RCT." and march down the main street of Beppu under a swirl of paper confetti. Next scenes are from autumn of 1945, as U.S. soldiers march through streets of Japan during occupation following the end of World War 2. U.S. troops seen marching behind Japanese police to occupy Japan, in 1945, amidst the aftermath of suffering and destruction of the war. The local population standing at road sides and watching with worry and concern. Scenes of postwar destruction in Japan. Rubble of bombed buildings. Scene of simple wooden dwelling shacks and wreckage nearby. A Japanese boy with his baby brother on his back. The baby is crying. Next scene moves again to circa 1950 in streets of a Japanese city, possibly Tokyo, rebuilt and with busy scenes of traffic on streets and commerce. Large outdoor rally with a Communist speaker addressing large crowd of Japanese people who sit and listen. Scenes from a what the narrator describes as a Communist rally in Japan, against America, which turns violent. Protestors running in streets during demonstration, with signboards and police and fire fighters extinguish flames at scene of an overturned, burning car. Flashback again to 1945 or 1946 as U.S. Army soldiers use tractors and heavy equipment to clear and level an area of war rubble and debris during rebuilding efforts after World War 2. Japanese citizens look on, watching the machines at work.
Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships at a wharf in Beppu, Japan.
Dock activities in Beppu, Japan. A wharf in the inner harbor along the main street of Beppu. The wharf shows many fishing crafts docked in. Huge mountains surrounding Beppu in the background. Japanese workmen load wooden buckets on one of the several vessels docked at the wharf. A ship docked at the wharf. Japanese workmen load a truck with kindling wood which was unloaded from one of the ships. A hot spring pond in Yawata, Kyoto which has been reinforced with concrete and decorated by placing a devil in the center and one of the Buddha gods to one side of the pond. Sulpfur water boils and steam rises. A country road in the foothills above Beppu shows a Japanese woman pounding rice on a straw mat to remove husk from the kernels.
A customer looks over some aluminum kettles and pedestrians alongside a road in Tokyo, Japan.
A market place in Tokyo, Japan. A peddler sells his wares on a sidewalk along Jinga Way in Tokyo. A prospective customer looks over some aluminum kettles. People walk on the sidewalk. Assorted type of Japanese, male, female as well as children, pedestrians. In Shinjuku area, Beppu : small shops and pedestrians alongside a street. A small store sells wicker baskets.
Japanese women dressed in kimonos walk along sidewalks in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day of 1946.
Citizens and United States soldiers walk along the streets in Tokyo, Japan on New Year Day (OshÅgatsu) of 1946. Japanese women and children dressed in kimonos walk along a sidewalk. Some Japanese men and women are also seen wearing face masks. They are wearing face masks during winter influenza season. A woman wearing a surgical mask and fur coat glances at the camera as she walks by. Japanese women and children walking along the streets.
U.S. Army soldiers watch a baseball game in Yokohama Park Stadium, renamed Lou Gehrig Stadium, during post war occupation
U.S. Army soldiers at a baseball game in Yokohama Park Stadium, Japan, during postwar occupation following World War II. The stadium had been renamed and a sign on it reads "Lou Gehrig Stadium." U.S. soldiers enter the ball park to watch the baseball game. A crowd of American soldiers in the stands. Baseball game in progress. First Lieutenant Don Pinciotti, assigned to ASCOM-C 8th Army Headquarters, as Athletic Officer in charge of all Recreational Activities, for USA troops in and around the Yokahama area, is seen playing as catcher and manager of the 8th Army Chicks. Japanese bat boys sit near the dugout. (Note: Pinciotti returned to the United States in August 1946 to complete his studies at the University of Dayton, where he also played football and made All-Ohio and Catholic All-American in 1946. He graduated in June 1947. Prior to graduation, he signed a contract to play professional football with the Detroit Lions and after graduation, he signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox.)
A catholic priest kneels in prayer at a church in Hiroshima, Japan.
A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.A Catholic church (Jesuit Church of Our Lady of the Assumption Hiroshima, Japan) and newly constructed houses in Hiroshima, Japan. A Catholic Jesuit priest walks from underneath a choir loft, at his side are four Japanese children. The Jesuit priest kneels in prayer. A church tower with debris in the foreground. The priest looks around the gutted interior while at his side stand the four children. A small barley field amid the ruins along the south east section of Hiroshima being tended by the owner. Newly constructed houses built on the former site of Japanese Transport Regiment Barracks which is located north of Gokoku Shrine (21-2 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0011, Japan) in Hiroshima.
