Operation Big Switch at Freedom village in Munsan-Ni, Korea. Ambulance arrives at parking area in front of processing building at Freedom village. Prisoners of War get off from ambulance. The flags of United States and United Nations. The United States General Maxwell Taylor and Secretary of Army, Robert Ten Broeck Stevens welcome prisoners and shakes hands with them. Black prisoner gets off ambulance. Taylor talks to a Lieutenant. High ranking officers stand outside the Freedom Gate. Sign reads 'Welcome to Freedom Village'.
Large ambulance trucks arrive at Camp Munsan-Ni in Korea during Operaton Little Switch, the first phase of Operation Big Switch prisoner repatriation efforts. United States Marine rides along the side of a running board of a truck and guides the driver to the parking area. Prisoners get out of the ambulance trucks. British flag and large tents in the background. Activities of the troops. Trucks and tents in the entire camp area.
U.S. Army Medical Service. Nurses and patients in a U.S. Army hospital ward. View of the medical research center building in Washington, DC. Scientists work on disease research using equipment and laboratories inside the research center. Scientists test effectiveness of chloromycetin on various diseases, such as typhus and typhoid fever. Army nurse injects a military patient in korea. Korea: A nurse checks people in a hospital. Army medical personnel investigate outbreak of sleeping sickness and trace it to organism transmitted by mosquitoes. The scientists observe through a microscope in a laboratory. The scientists collect mosquito samples. The mosquito samples are kept in a glass vessel. The children being vaccinated. The farmers work on a field. The scientists at work. The Korean civilians walk. Two women carry bundles on their head. View of the local houses. Blood samples of the people taken. DDT being sprayed on the field. The aircraft in flight. The troops being vaccinated. A man takes a sample from the sacks containing food for the soldiers. Soldiers fill a bucket from water source.
United States Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune bombers during a trans-Pacific flight. Children, women and men wait at the Naval Air Station in . 'Welcome Home VP-29' banner on the hangar. The planes land. Family members rush to greet the pilots returning home after 6 months tour duty in Korea. Pilots hug, kiss and hold family members. Planes in the background.
2200 veterans return from Korea. The troops get a heroes reception. Veterans aboard a ship. Ship crosses the Statue of Liberty and enters the New York harbor. New York City fireboats for their welcome in the harbor. A large crowd awaits their return in the harbor. People hold boards and banners with soldiers' names. A soldier takes photographs of the crowd from the ship. Soldiers get off the ship for a family reunion. Soldiers meet their wives, mothers, children and family. The veterans in military trucks during the ticker parade through Broadway. People lined up on either side of the road to welcome them. A ceremony at the City Hall. Military officers and New York officials welcome the soldiers. A large crowd at the gathering. Soldiers sit with their family members.
Troops of the Republic of Korea (ROK) during the Korean War. ROK soldiers marching along a road in full field gear with rifles and backpacks. They scramble through rough terrain with natural foliage on their helmets and packs, as camouflage. Shells seen bursting in the air with smoke descending. ROK troops firing recoilless weapon and shells seen striking distant targets. An ROK machine gun nest, with crew firing. Numerous artillery shells seen bursting on targets.