Operation Little Switch effort underway for repatriation of former prisoners of war near end of the Korean War. Released POW (Prisoners Of War) had been taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. A number of injured former POW U.S. Army soldiers are seen receiving Purple Heart awards from U.S. Army Colonel Kirkpatrick. Several views of Colonel awarding Purple Hearts to six soldiers, including two African American soldiers. The medals pinned on the robes of the hospital patients. (A larger Operation Big Switch followed, in August 1953).
FEAF (Far East Air Force) briefing film shows U.S. FEAF activities at Seoul Air Base K-16 in Korea during the Korean War. Planes parked at K-16. HAF (Hellenic Air Force) roundel on the plane. 'Royal Hellenic Air Force' written on plane. A Republic of Korea pilot greet his crew chief beside a HAF plane. Sign: 'UN Hellenic Flight' on a badge pinned on the chief's uniform. HAF fin flash on plane.
U.S. Far East Air Force operations in Korea during the Korean War. Aerial views of Pyongtaek airbase (K-6) in Korea. Aerial views of Kunsan Airbase (K-8) in Korea. Many barracks shown.Base is quite developed.
ROK (Republic of Korea) tank units advance over hilly terrain in Korea. Tanks fire on Red positions. Smoke due to explosions. Ground troops fire and advance. Marine rocket teams target Communist bunkers in the night. (Korean War)
U.S.Army TV report entitled "The Big Picture" announces that a battle star has been awarded to U.S. Army soldiers who participated in the Third Winter Campaign during the Korean War. Views show conditions of American Army soldiers in Korea during the war. Mountains and contested "hills" in Korea. A U.S. soldier slowly crawls over top of sand bags to observe. U.S. Army sandbagged fortifications, deep trenches, and bunkers to protect against constant enemy shelling. U.S. soldiers use smokeless charcoal to heat bunkers. Some U.S. Army soldiers (white and African American) adopt chickens and make a pen for them with chicken wire. They award them the combat infantryman's badge, because they endure the regular enemy shelling too. Soldiers display eggs from chickens. U.S.Army soldiers on patrol, and firing mortars..
The life and activities of the United States Army soldiers on the front in Korea. A soldier washes unit's clothes using a wind-driven (windmill) homemade clothes washer. Urgent dental care is provided, at the front, for troops who cannot go to the rear for it. Dentist works on soldier while African American soldier takes notes and fills out forms. American troops deplane from a C-119 aircraft on a week's Rest and Rehabilitation (R&R) from the front lines. Republic of Korea soldiers are seen as they increasingly reinforce the U.S. troops. They walk in the trench and move forward on the front. They cross a bridge on a river and carry their wounded on stretchers. Smoke arises from firing in the background. American Army soldiers, returning from R&R find nothing has changed at the front. Sandbag barricades outside their tent. U.S. soldiers walk in trenches covered with snow. Soldiers walk uphill. One of the soldiers watches enemies' action through binoculars and the other fires.