People pay tribute to gallant fighting ship 'USS San Francisco' (CA-38) eight years after the Battle of Guadacanal. A large crowd gathered at the ceremony to honor USS San Francisco named after the city. Survivors and next of kin who died in the Battle present. A plaque commemorating the Battle is unveiled. Men, women and children take a look at the shell torn ship. The bell and bridge of the ship. Naval officers at the ceremony. Planes fly by in honor of the ship. Sailor salutes. The United States flag at half mast.
A Football match between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Kansas Jayhawkers in Lawrence. Players tussle for the ball on the field. Referee amidst the players. Crowd cheers. A band among the spectators. The Sooners beat the Jayhawks with a score of 33-13.
During the retreat back to South Korea, at Yonpo inside the Hamhung - Hungnam defense perimeter. U.S. soldiers evacuate the wounded and other personnel from Yonpo air base. Aerial view of mountainous, snow covered terrain. Soldiers and military trucks at an air base. Cargo and supplies on the snow covered ground. C-47 Skytrain C-119 Flying Boxcars on the airstrip. C-119 with open cargo holds. Soldiers climb into a transport plane. Soldiers in the hold. Four soldiers help carry a wounded on tiller from a military truck into the plane. More wounded brought into the plane. Aerial view of the area near the air base. Transport aircraft are from the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command.
U.S. soldiers walk on snow covered Yonpo air base in Korea. General Douglas MacArthur is seen talking to other officers and soldiers on the air field. He boards a U.S. military C-121 Lockheed Constellation transport plane, bearing 5-star insignia on the fuselage. The plane taxis and takes off. During evacuation of U.S. forces from Yonpo Air Base, facing Chinese offensive.
U.S. 8th Army soldiers evacuate northern positions in Korea following Chinese offensive in the north. Military truck and jeep near a C-47 Skytrain during evacuation of Yonpo Air Base. Soldiers help people get off the plane and climb into the waiting military truck. Snow covered ground at the air base. Transport planes on the airstrip. Soldiers carry the wounded on a stretcher. Transport aircraft are from the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command.
During evacuation of U.S. 8th Army forces from northern positions in the face of Chinese offensive during the Korean War. A covered U.S. Army truck backs up to a Grumman TBF Avenger and takes on wounded crew at Yonpo Air Base. View of USAF transport planes at Yonpo Air Base. C-47 and C-119 Flying Boxcar transport planes in the background. A USAF C-47 Skytrain approaches for landing. The plane lands and taxis to a halt on the snow covered airstrip. A covered Army personnel truck approaches the plane. Soldiers help shift the wounded from the plane into the waiting truck. A soldier with a bandaged head. Transport aircraft are from the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command.
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