United Nations meets to organize military action for protection of South Korea from Communist North Korea. United States troops in Tokyo, Japan prepare to advance to Korea. U.S. Army forces are seen passing in review before General MacArthur and General Omar Bradley in Tokyo, Japan. Back in the United States, a B-29 bomber, "moth balled" by being entirely encased in "cocoon" plastic since after World War 2, is rolled onto an airfield. Air force personnel remove the heavy plastic from the body and tires of the B-29, revealing its World War 2 nose art name "Lucky 13" (which had been among B-29 aircraft of the 25th Air Service Group in World War II). Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft with folding wings are unloaded from giant containers in aircraft hangars. A group of the F4U aircraft lined up at an airfield. Military equipment being loaded onto waiting ships, and carried by soldiers at a warehouse area. Units of the 1st U.S. Marines answer the call, are seen piloting amphibious vehicles in the ocean and onto the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) . Canadian sailors are seen boarding ships and Candian Navy destroyers leave British Columbia for Korea. Women and children wave form dock. Destroyers underway in sea. White, African American, and Hispanic young men in the United States are seen standing in lines at a United States Army enlistment office, answering the call to serve as new recruits in the Army. A group of new recruits raise their right hands and take an oath of service. U.S. President Harry S Truman speaks to a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association meeting, indicating that the only reason for this action is to hopefully arrive at the peace in the world that was hoped for when the United Nations was created. He leaves and shakes hands with officers. At Security Council meeting of the United Nations in Lake Success, New York, the President of Council, Arne Sunde, of Norway, invites Korean Ambassador to join table. Ambassador Chang comes and sits. The United Kingdom representative presents resolution which the body votes on (United Nations Security Council Resolution 84). It is passed by 7 to 0 in favor. The U.S. is asked to designate a military commander for the United Nations forces. The Korean ambassador, Chang Myon, expresses gratitude to the UN Security Council.
United Nations military action at the very beginning of the Korean War. United States Army General MacArthur shakes hands with an officer on the ground in Korea. He observes United Nation defense units, aircraft and soldiers in Korea as their Commander. First United States troops walk with their gear at a railroad station in Korea. Soldier advances hand in help to other soldier. U.S. Army infantry soldier and Korean Republic soldier shake hands. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, and trucks loaded on rail train cars. A U.S. Army tank advances in South Korea. Korean people stand beside the road and watch the advancing soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers load shells and fire artillery to slow the North Korean advance. General MacArthur accepts United Nation's battle flag at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Flag of the United Nations waving in the wind.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in action during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. Smoke rises from terrain. Views from U.S. troop position of F-100 Super Sabre fighter bombers, of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, bombing enemy positions. Explosion and smoke rise. Toward end of the sequence, several F-105 aircraft of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing are seen flying overhead, and a Cessna O-2, forward air controller's aircraft, is seen above the enemy positions.
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in action during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. Soldiers walk in dense forest. They pass through bombed out jungle. Soldiers carry rifles and bullet belts on their shoulders. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in action during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. Two soldiers sit and talk to Catholic Chaplain. Chaplain eats C-ration food by spoon. Soldiers holds receiver and speaks over radio. Shells placed in the background. Another soldier checks map. They bend down. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division in action during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. Soldier gives hair cut to another soldier. Soldier covers himself with plastic sheet. Soldier sits besides them and cut his nails with scissor. (Vietnam War period).
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