United States Army General Maxwell Davenport Taylor visit a base in Korea during the Korean War. General Maxwell Davenport Taylor with other officers as he inspects his command area. He walks past the captured field artillery for the training of the Republic of Korea Army (ROK Army). He walks past the military tanks. A soldier helps the general to embark onto a tank. The general looks at the captured weapons. A helicopter lands. General Maxwell Davenport Taylor disembarks from the aircraft. He is being greeted by the officers. The officers pose in front of a building.
Far East Air Force operations in Korea during the Korean War. Aerial views from aircraft in lefthand landing pattern for the Seoul air base (K-16) airfield in Korea. View from downwind leg. A C-124 Aircraft taxiing on parallel taxiway, after landing. Another C-124, with its front loading doors open on the parking ramp, along with several smaller airplanes. View from base leg. Aerial views of the K-14 Kimpo air base.
Far East Air Force operations in Korea during the Korean War. Aerial views of the K-13 Suwon air base. Aircraft parked on the air base. Aerial views of the K-55 Osan air base in Korea. Buildings and equipment on the air base.
Far East Air Force operations in Seoul, Korea during the Korean War. C-47 (DC-3) aircraft parked at Seoul air base (K-16) airfield. A sign on the aircraft reads 'Royal Hellenic Air Force'. Officers stand near the aircraft as they talk amongst themselves. Patch on left shoulder of uniform reads 'U.N.Hellenic Flight 13'. Greece bullseye ensign painted on aircraft fuselage and tricolor on tail. Officers walk away from the aircraft and wave at one of their Greek Flight C-47s taxiing past. Airmen enter a quonset hut having a tall striped flagpole in front of it. A sign reads 'RHAF 13th Greek Flight'. A sign on a bullet pockmarked building reads 'Seoul City air base'. Two Republic of Korea airmen and a small boy, converse with an American airman. A Jeep and a truck pass in background. The Korean airmen walk away, eating something and the boy follows them, with hands in pockets.
U.S. Army Medical Service. Nurses and patients in a U.S. Army hospital ward. View of the medical research center building in Washington, DC. Scientists work on disease research using equipment and laboratories inside the research center. Scientists test effectiveness of chloromycetin on various diseases, such as typhus and typhoid fever. Army nurse injects a military patient in korea. Korea: A nurse checks people in a hospital. Army medical personnel investigate outbreak of sleeping sickness and trace it to organism transmitted by mosquitoes. The scientists observe through a microscope in a laboratory. The scientists collect mosquito samples. The mosquito samples are kept in a glass vessel. The children being vaccinated. The farmers work on a field. The scientists at work. The Korean civilians walk. Two women carry bundles on their head. View of the local houses. Blood samples of the people taken. DDT being sprayed on the field. The aircraft in flight. The troops being vaccinated. A man takes a sample from the sacks containing food for the soldiers. Soldiers fill a bucket from water source.
Focuses on Korean War (1950-1953). Ships of the UN fleet fire guns at Island of Wolmi. Tracers fired at night. The UN fleet underway at sea. General MacArthur with other officials on ship. Smoke arises from explosions on Wolmi. First landing craft arrives at shore. The UN troops and tanks advance on Island of Wolmi. Dead North Korean soldier. Prisoners march under guard on island.