U.S. Marines retreat in the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, during the Korean War. Marines help wounded comrades to a U.S. plane. Plane taxis on airstrip. Marines run towards a Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber which has crash-landed. The plane tilted on its nose. Marines around the plane.
U.S. Marines retreat in the Chosin Reservoir during Korean War. Shadow of a C-119 Flying Boxcar as it moves along snow-covered ground. A long line of marine convoy on its way to Kotori. Partly snow-covered mountains. An officer briefs the crew of a C-119 which will drop bridge. C-119 in flight as sections of steel tread-way are dropped to encircled marines. Pilot in C-119 CU. A Major speaks over the radio in the C-119. Pilot at controls in C-119, looking out of the plane. Area around Kotori. Kickers push out the supplies from Inside the C-119 . Smoke as a result of marines blowing up their camp as they prepare to leave to join the marines at Kotori.
Japanese laborers pack Korean War ammunition boxes at a Japanese air base. They prepare the supplies to be air dropped. They adjust the parachutes on ammunition crates and tie up the crates. Soldiers prepare supplies for airdrop. Hundreds of prepared supplies for airdrop. Rations are unloaded from a truck. Packed supplies are picked up by forklift. Planes in the background.
U.S. Marines arrive at Kotori from Hagaru-ri during the Korean War. Weary and fatigued soldiers walk along as it snows. A truck crosses the road. Marines on railway tracks. Marine dragging a cardboard box with rations along the snow laden path. Marines resting on at a camp. Tents in the back ground A marine puts handful of snow in his mouth.
U.S. soldiers advance at Old Baldy, one of the strategic points on the invasion route to Seoul. Explosions on hills. Smoke from artillery fire. Soldiers behind barricades. Soldiers on tanks advance. Military vehicles stuck in muddy roads. Soldiers try to pull them out with the help of other vehicles. Military convoy on the road. Soldiers take a Chinese prisoner. U.S. soldiers eat and drink. Explosions on hills.
'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. White and African American soldiers glad to receive postal mail from home during mail call. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier wearing his helmet with a dent in it from shrapnel that it blocked. He takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
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