United Nation Forces retreat during the Korean War following the Red Chinese aggression. Entrapped United States 1st Marine Division men reach Hamhung, Korea. Soldiers loaded in trucks as they come to Hamhung from Chosin Reservoir. A Chinese prisoners with a solid ice sheet around his feet. United Nation forces being evacuated from Hungnam. Military trucks and vehicles being loaded aboard Landing Ship Tanks and ships. Litter wounded being transferred onto landing crafts. Troops aboard the landing crafts. Troops being transferred onto a ship from the crafts. U.S. Major General Smith and soldiers at a grave yard during a burial as a man blows a bugle. Soldiers lined up as they pay their last respects to the dead.
United States President Harry S. Truman dismisses General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. General Matthew B. Ridgway takes over as the Supreme Commander of the U.S. and UN forces in Korea after General MacArthur's dismissal. United States Capitol in Washington D.C., United States. Various Congressmen express their opinion over the issue of the dismissal of General MacArthur. Representative Morgan supports President's decision to dismiss General MacArthur. Senator Ferguson from Michigan speaks against the decision to dismiss him. Whereas Senator Hill believes that the matter must be judged on its merit rather than on politics.
President of Czechoslovakia Dr. Edvard Beneš returns to his homeland after spending seven years in exile in World War II. A car pulls up and Czech President gets off the car in England. President Beneš reviews Czechoslovakian troops at an airport as he leaves for his homeland after seven years in exile. Beneš boards an aircraft, and it takes off.
American soldiers arrive in New York, United States aboard the ship Thomas H. Barry, returning home from service in Europe. Women with babies are seen on the dock. Soldiers on board the ship shout and whistle. As troops disembark, they touch and kiss soil formed into the shape of a map of the United States. (World War II period).
A coalition government in Rome ,Italy after the end of Fascist rule. Cabinet meeting of a six party coalition government in Rome, Italy. President Paul Ramadier confers with the ministers. Allied Commander of Rome Colonel Charles. People gathered in the street as they read newspaper. A poster on the wall regarding a thanksgiving mass. United States 5th Army men enter the Church for the mass. General Mark Clark being greeted by the clergy. (World War II period).
National Day parade in Vietnam. Flags of different nations hoisted as aircraft fly over head at an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. High ranking Vietnamese officers and United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the review stand. Vietnamese tanks, trucks and communication vans pass in review. Helicopters and jets fly overhead during the parade. Trucks with Vietnamese soldiers tow artillery pieces past the stand. (Vietnam War period).
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