U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. USS Missouri (BB-63) battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Guns mounted on the battleship. Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, 7th Fleet Commander, looks through binoculars. U.S. aircraft on the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier. Pilots are briefed. Napalm bombs are attached to aircraft. Message "To whom it may concern" written on a bomb. The aircraft taxis on the flight deck and takes off. A Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly patrol helicopter hovers in the sky in the background. It rescues a pilot who had to ditch his aircraft and hauls him upward to safety in the helicopter. Other aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial views of U.S. Navy A-1 Skyraider aircraft in flight, and views of pilots inside aircraft cockpits.
1st Marine Division encircled near Chosin Reservoir Korea during November-December 1950 in the Korean War. U.S. marines walk and help wounded to get onto a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft. The marines walk over a ramp to the aircraft. They carry a wounded marine on a stretcher and transfer him into the aircraft. Marines receive the order to retreat and to burn and destroy everything. View of burning houses and buildings in a village following the orders. The marines and trucks being retreat. Aircraft in flight overhead providing cover. The marines pull dead bodies behind them over snow covered, frozen ground.
Withdrawal of 1st Marine Division from Chosin Reservoir region in Korea during the Korean War. Marines battle near Chosin Reservoir. U.S. Marine Corsair and Skyraider aircraft in flight. Numerous views of bombing runs by Marine aircraft as they drop conventional bombs, napalm bombs, and fire rockets to destroy enemy positions in the hills and provide cover and safe passage for Marines retreating from the Chosin Reservoir battle. The aircraft fly over hills. Blasts on the hills. Marines walk in the foreground and cross valley areas. The aircraft drop bombs over industrial and residential areas also. A pilot in a cockpit. Dug in enemy are targeted by U.S. Marine Corps aircraft. A bomb blasts a bridge. Artillery guns fired at the 38th Parallel.
1st Marine Division completing withdrawal from Chosin Reservoir in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines walking on a road, far south of front lines. Officer talks over a radio in the foreground. USS Missouri BB-63 battleship in the background. Guns are fired from the battleship. The marines walk in line along the sides of the road. Trucks drive past on the road.
1st Marine Division in active battle during the Korean War. U.S. marines walk across a field. The marines run to advance and occupy enemy positions. U.S. Marine Skyraider aircraft fly over the enemy positions. A marine talks over a phone. A pilot talks over a phone during a flight. A napalm bomb is dropped by the aircraft. Houses on fire in a village. The aircraft continues bombing and firing. The marines throw grenades and run into the village. Buildings on fire. Marines emerging from trenches and running to take village. They walk on the village streets as flames burn nearby buildings.
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