United States Combat activities during Korean War in South Korea. Allied units advance in Korea. Troops and artillery advance on road. They go on field. Soldiers carry recoilless rifles. Infantry men fire shells on hills of Chorwon.
Airborne action in Korea during the Korean War. During Operation Tomahawk paratroopers of U.S. Army 187th Airborne prepare and board aircraft in Japan. U.S. Air Force aircraft on the ground. The aircraft in flight. They drop parachutes over Munsan-Ni in Korea. A view of Munsan-Ni area. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur arrives for his visit to the front.
United States Air Force Chief General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in Taegu, Korea during the Korean War. USAF Chief General Vandenberg talks to an officer with a USAF C-54G aircraft in the background. The General talks to the members of the inspection team. General Vandenberg gets in a jeep and drives away. General Vandenberg gets off the jeep and writes on a notepad. The General meets Pacific Commander General Douglas MacArthur. General Vandenberg talks to a South Korean and a USAF officer. General MacArthur and other officers board a U.S. Air Force C-121 in Korea.
On Feb. 12 and 13, 1951, elements of the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division, including 38th Infantry Regiment, suffered severe losses in combat with superior Chinese forces, near Hoengsong,during the Korean War. Photos shot three weeks later show the carnage on a frozen battleground. Remnants of a destroyed U.S. field piece are surrounded by dead U.S. Army soldiers frozen on snow-covered ground. A severely damaged U.S. halftrack sits in the dirt. An unidentified jumble of burned out war machinery. Damaged 20mm dual mount anti-aircraft guns. U.S. Marines, of the 7th Regiment, in full field gear, entering the area for the first time since the February battle. They march over a snow-covered road, past remnants of the U.S. Army convoy that was fighting its way out of the area besieged by Chinese forces on all sides. A destroyed U.S. Army truck. Sign next to wreckage reads:"38th I.FL Co CP." A fallen American soldier frozen in a rice paddy. Smoke rising from Korean village buildings burning in background, above terraced landscape. More views of wrecked equipment and fallen soldiers. A mountain pass in the background. A destroyed truck. Suddenly black smoke starts rising in the background. A U.S. Marine standing near an M46 Patton tank. More debris and destroyed trucks.
North Korean woman soldier. Negotiator, for Korean Peoples Army, Lieutenant General Nam Il, enters building.North Koreans in vicinity of building. Exteriors of the building where meetings took place. Korean soldier sits on pavement, his mess kit and belt beside him, reading a book. American and Korean negotiators and staff personnel relaxing outdoors. North Korean negotiators leave in army jeeps. Numerous cameramen take pictures of UN Command negotiating team led by Commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Far East, Admiral C. Turner Joy . Men arrange tables for negotiators. North Korean and Chinese flags on one of the tables. Negotiating staffs relaxing in garden. A young Korean girl walks across a bridge.An American soldier gives her candy and she bows. She runs to several other American soldiers, with her hands cupped and receives candy. Girl stands in grass. American trucks lined up on road. Helicopter overhead.
U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley with Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley, return after their trip to Japan and Korea in Washington DC. U.S. Vice President Alben William Barkley and Second Lady Jane Hadley Barkley climb down a ladder. An aircraft and men in the background. The Vice President and the Second Lady leave the airport. The Vice President with his wife on a platform. A wall map in the background. Vice President Barkley speaks into a microphone. He talks about the conditions at the war front, and hopes for armistice in Korea.