U.S. aircraft, of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Group,strafing roads and military compounds in Korea, creating explosions in several buildings. Entire area is snow covered. Tracers can be seen during the strafing runs.
A number of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of 323rd Bombardment Group (9th Air Force) are lined up for takeoff. As they taxi past camera, tail number of one: 43-34344, is visible. All aircraft display the distinctive White Tail identifying the 323rd BG. (The Group is known to some as Wood's Rocket Raiders, so-named for their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson r. Wood.) The location is Denain Airfield (A-83), near the City of Valenciennes, France. The time is April, 7,1945, a month before VE Day. Several airmen are pitching horseshoes, while others watch. They use a shoe to measure how close one came to the pin. Two airment use a two-man saw to saw a timber while a third sits on it to hold it still.
Landing craft (LC) approaches the Inchon port. U.S. troops embark on landing crafts. Trucks driven into landing craft. Troops on deck of LC. LC on shores. One LC pulls away. Mountain in the background. Landing Crafts underway at sea. South Korean refugees crowd a railroad station. Refugees cook and eat food. A child cries. A man and woman have soup. Refugees loaded in a freight car. Refugees crowd at harbor. Ship at harbor. Refugees walk along pier to board ships and boats. Boat underway off the harbor. Explosions light up Inchon at night. Heavy smoke arises from explosions. Debris burns in deserted street. Smoking ruins of an airfield. Destroyed bridge of canal. Ruins in a Korean city.
U.S. troops march across the Han River Bridge. South Korean refugees move along the frozen river. Men pull sleds loaded with luggage. A motor convoy of the 29th British Brigade moves along the road past a wrecked T-34 tank near Suwon. Tanks and other vehicle pass on bridge. Wrecked tank on broken bridge in the background. U.S. troops dig fields for a delaying action in Suwon. Tanks at field. Soldier shovels fields.
Aircraft AC-47 night missions at Bien Hoa Air Base. Parachute flares descend at night. Smoke drift from flares. Muzzle flashes from mini guns. Tracers from mini guns.
U.S. crewmen attach lanyard wire to parachute flares and toss flares through door. Tracers from Minigun as seen from AC-47 aircraft cockpit. Pilot's sight reticle in the foreground.
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