The United Nation forces below the 38th Parallel during the Korean War. United States 25th Infantry Division move towards Seoul, Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers advance along the hills as they fire. Chinese prisoners being searched for weapons and one with a wounded hand is being bandaged and provided first aid. American soldier sits with a rifle watching the prisoners. Chinese prisoners of war being escorted to the rear for further interrogation. Prisoners and soldiers advance on a road. UN task Force move north of Suwon, Korea. Tired American soldiers sleep on the ground in broad daylight during a break. General Joseph S. Bradley confers with the Company Commander.
A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division during the Korean War in Korea. A blast explosion at the back of a large building. Two U.S. marines emerge from behind defensive positions. An aircraft carrier underway in sea off the coast of Korea. A gun is fired from a destroyer. F9F Panther aircraft take off from the carrier. Artillery, guns and machine guns are fired. Bombs are dropped from aircraft. A blast behind a house.
Representatives of United Nations who fought in the Korean War, gather for a ceremony at the UN Memorial Cemetery (93 UN pyeonghwa-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, South Korea) in Pusan (Busan), South Korea. The event is led by U.S. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway. Troops standing in attention with flags of various countries. Officials and officers of various countries, stand. A military band plays. Flags of United States, France, Britain, India and various countries are seen. Military personnel hoist the flag of United Nations and salute. Graves at the cemetery.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Taegu, Korea during the Korean War. USAF Chief General Vandenberg talks to an officer with a USAF C-54G aircraft in the background. The General talks to the members of the inspection team. General Vandenberg gets in a jeep and drives away. General Vandenberg gets off the jeep and writes on a notepad. The General meets Pacific Commander General Douglas MacArthur. General Vandenberg talks to a South Korean and a USAF officer. General MacArthur and other officers board a U.S. Air Force C-121 in Korea.
Clip opens with rapid changing scenes: American troops in trench in Korea during the Korean War. 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.
U.S. soldiers of the 223rd Infantry Regiment Counter Fire Platoon run through dense undergrowth looking for a place to locate the sound recording equipment in Korea, during the Korean War. They cross a road and run uphill carrying heavy equipment. Soldiers reach the hill top and take out the equipment from boxes. Soldiers open the bags and boxes. They set up the sound locators on the side of the hill. Brown sets up the microphones in a pattern called an array on ground higher than the surrounding hills. Military vehicles on the road below. Soldiers fix equipment and smoke. Gun and artillery fire sound. A soldier records the artillery fire sound while another one records the sound as a visual image. Another soldier computes the direction line and radios the information to the counter fire headquarters. 'Counter Fire Plt' sign board outside tents. The plotter plots down the information on a boards and draws the direction line on a map. He pin points the enemy gun and draws it on a chart. He then calls the artillery fire direction center. A soldier receives the message. An intelligence officer checks the information and the order is sent to the artillery battery. Soldiers amidst barricades. They load HE fire charges and fire a 105 Howitzer. Many artillery guns fired. A soldier watches through binoculars.