Montage of Korean War scenes. View of mountainous terrain in Korea, 1950. African American soldier yells, holding phone left hand, as gun crew fires a 240mm howitzer. American soldiers, in heavily sand-bagged position, firing 4.2 inch mortar. Gunners firing a quad .50 machine gun and others firing a 155mm howitzer and an M2 .50-caliber machine gun. American soldiers in sandbagged and camouflaged bunkers. An army patrol heading out from their defensive position. Barrels of artillery pieces silhouetted against the sky. Numerous bursts of artillery fire flashing in the black of night. Weary soldiers returning from a patrol.
John Charles Daly stands in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Behind him is a display containing names of the American military recipients of the Medal of Honor. He points to a section of a display listing 131 names added during the Korean War. He then moves to the latest section of the display, covering the period 1964 and subsequent, in the Vietnam War. At this point, the film begins to depict scenes from the Vietnam conflict. An American soldier holding a rifle is silhouetted against a light sky background. U.S. soldiers firing M-16 rifles. shadow cast by a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying overhead. Soldier firing machine gun from M113 armored personnel carrier (APC). U.S. gun crews firing 105mm howitzer; 175mm self-propelled gun; M107 Howitzer; and battery of howitzers in the field. Army troops inside a helicopter. View from below of CH-47 helicopter (Jolly Green Giant) landing and troops leaving its rear door. A patrol of American soldiers firing their weapons as they move forward. Soldiers dealing with difficult terrain. One stepping through deep mud. Infantry patrol moving and taking cover. A soldier using field radio. A UH-1 flying over palm trees. Infantry moving through jungle accompanied by M113 APC. Explosions and fire. Soldiers boarding a Huey helicopter, as the ship's gunner delivers covering fire by machine gun. Soldiers having a smoke while airborne in the helicopter.
John Charles Daly stands in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, in front of large replicas of the Medals of Honor. He extols the courage of Medal of Honor recipients whose names appear on the wall behind him. Camera backs away, revealing the three types of medals flanked by American flags and with the words: "Hall of Heroes," displayed above them. Camera retreats down the hall away from the display to a fade out.
American servicemen are kept informed through newspaper and radio telecasts in the United States. A man operates a recording machine and records the interview of an officer. Printing of Stars and Stripes newspaper. A truck loaded with bundles of newspaper moves through streets. Soldiers aboard a ship underway at sea read a newspaper. They listen to the radio. A man operates a recording device at a American Forces Radio and Television Station. American military men watch television shows. Newspapermen discuss news material. Broadcast technical specialists operate devices at a station.
American servicemen read Stars and Stripes newspaper. Military men look at magazines in a book store. They buy and read Stars and Stripes newspaper. Soldiers aboard a tank in a field read the newspaper. Men enter the European Stars and Stripes newspaper headquarters building in Darmstadt,Germany. A man loads newspaper bundles aboard a truck. The truck drives through streets. Soldiers seated in a room read Stars and Stripes newspaper.
The history of the Stars and Stripes newspaper. Union soldiers print the first issue of Star and Stripes newspaper in a captured press in the U.S. on 9th November,1861 during the Civil War. World War I scenes show soldiers disembarking from a ship and advancing on a battlefield. Commanding Chief of the American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing writes for the newspaper. Soldiers greet the Chief and wish him luck. After the end of World War I newspaper publication is ceased. During World War II the newspaper publication starts in London, England in 1942. Publication of the Pacific Stars and Stripes newspaper after the end of hostilities in Europe. Headlines in various editions of the Stars and Stripes.
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