Sergeant Stuart Queen of the U.S. Army introduces a film about the 3rd Infantry Division. He turns to Audie Murphy, the most combat decorated soldier of World War 2, seated beside him, who is now a film star, but still active as a Captain in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. Captain Murphy speaks about the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. View of the Division parading for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Fort Benning Georgia, in Summer, 1949. Animated map shows Korea and surrounding countries of China and Japan, on June 25, 1950. View zooms in on the 38th parallel marking separation of North and South Korea. Views of North Korean troops moving against South Korea. Buildings being blown up. Armed troops of the People's Army of North Korea prodding civilians out of their homes. South Korean troops riding in an American-provided army truck, join others organizing to resist the invaders. South Korean troops in battle gear preparing to engage the North Koreans. Next, as part of United Nations response to the North Korean aggression, elements of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division are seen arriving in November, 1950, and deploying along the East Coast of the Korean peninsula, to engage the North Korean army along its left flank. Battery of American M114 155 mm howitzers firing. American troops advancing along muddy road in snowy environment in December, 1950. Entry of Chinese forces into the conflict causes Americans to assume a defensive posture. Korean troops preparing to move elswhere.Smoke rising from battles in the background. Views of American defensive positions on the perimeter of the coastal city of Hungnam, to cover the withdrawal of units and equipment the U.S. 10th Corps, seen entering landing craft from the USS Montague (AKA-98) for evacuation from the beachhead
Massive evacuation of American forces from North Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army women nurses dressed in heavy winter garb, pose in a group as they await evacuation by sea, from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea. A group of U.S. Marines boarding a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI). A crane at the port, raising a net filled with personal gear of evacuating soldiers, and depositing it aboard a ship.
5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea. A transport near the Hungnam pier. Empty trucks moving in dock area. Tracks running through dock. A military truck with a boat on trolley. Soldiers in some trucks. The shore, ships standing in harbor. During evacuation of Hungnam.
U.S. Marines and equipment being evacuated from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea,in December, 1950, during the Korean War. Opening scene shows wounded Marines on stretchers, being settled on the deck of a landing craft infantry. Two of the wounded marines are lifted over the gunwale and placed in an ambulance. View of wounded lying on deck of a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). An M4 Sherman tank, loaded with supplies, backs toward the shore, under direction of another tank driver. Scene shifts to an M-26 Pershing tank being backed into a Landing Ship Tank (LST). It is followed by another, equipped with a sand shield.
5th and 7th Regiments of the U.S. First Marine Division in Hungnam, North Korea. A U.S. Marine sticks his head out of a U.S. tank hatch. The tank moves across the dock area. A Marine holding a rabbit. The rabbit hops around on the crates. Soldiers stand near a tank. A truck loaded with Marines moving along pier. A ship called 'Union Victory' in the background. During evacuation of Hungnam.
Evacuation of Hungnam involving the safe withdrawal of the bulk of UN forces in eastern North Korea. Korean refugees disembarking from boats, near a U.S. Landing Ship Tank (LST). They line up along the shore, where many others are already gathered. Another larger boat approaches, filled with more refugees. An adjacent boat displays the Republic of Korea flag. View from deck of the LST, through front loading doors, as a U.S. Marine Corps M-5H-6 International Harvester 2 1/2 Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck drives aboard. It slowly climbs the LST ramp. Scene shifts to deck of the LST Where a truck pulling an air compressor, arrives at top of ramp to join other trucks parked on deck. View downward from LST deck where more trucks are driving onto the ship's ramp. A stack of 55 gallon steel drums is seen on shore. More boats arrive carrying refugees. Those on shore move slowly aboard the LST. Many are seen lining the railings of the ship's deck.
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