Workers load the battlefield salvage for shipment to United States Mills in Korea. Many shell cases, brass and steel scrap are loaded for their reclamation. Tanks, bulldozers and other battle-damaged equipment reconditioned in Japan depots. Men work in the factories. Reconditioned tanks parked on the ground.
U.S. Marine Corps of Kimpo Provisional Regiment in Korea during the Korean War. Interior of a FDC (Fire Direction Center) bunker. U.S. soldiers relax, sit around and read prior to a fire mission. A wall map in the background. A man answers a phone. A Horizontal Control Operator (HCO) and a Vertical Control Operator (VCO) look up they grab their pads and take down data from an FO (Forward Observer). The HCO plots coordinates. He looks up and speaks to a computer. A view of the hands of the HCO as he plots the coordinates. The VCO plots the coordinates. A close up of the VCO plotting the coordinates and he calls out to the computer. The VCO picks up a phone and speaks to the Battery Executive in the field. A forward observer phone operator speaks over a phone and starts timing with his watch. The watch and the man on the phone.
Facilities given to U.S. Marine Corps of Kimpo Provisional Regiment in Korea during the Korean War. A bunker. The front view of the bunker. The flooring inside the bunker. 'Bunker I' written on a board. Interior of the bunker shows sleeping facilities given to the soldiers, air ventilation and a stove. A pointer in a man's hand indicates air ventilation over a door from the inside.
A bomb explodes on aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) underway at sea off the coast of Korea. An aircraft takes off from the carrier. The F4U Corsair lands and a general-purpose bomb is released accidentally while landing. The bomb explodes and several men including the cameraman (Thomas McGrath) who was taking photographs are killed.
U.S. Democratic Party leader Adlai Ewing Stevenson arrives in Korea during the Korean War. A jeep parked on a field. Stevenson reviews troops. He talks to the soldiers and shakes hands with them. A tent in the background. A high altitude view of the area. Stevenson arrives at the war front in a navy airplane. He gets off the airplane and talks to an officer.
Members of a USO troupe at Seoul Airport (K-16), Korea, including a number of women. They descend stairs from a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-121 aircraft, tail number 8817. They mingle with U.S. airmen on the ramp and pose for pictures with them. Several pose on top of a set of stairs showing the 5th Air Force logo and the words: 6167th Air Base Group.