U.S. 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. Two marines from U.S. 1st Marine Division pull each others beards at a camp near Masan. Men unload bags of cigarette, candies and other supplies received for Christmas. Recently arrived U.S. marines ("Replacements") stand in formation. Marines at the camp area. They stand in a chow line for the first hot food they have had in two months, following retreat from Chosin Reservoir. The food being cooked and served, including steaks flown in by the Navy for Christmas dinner. Marines pour coffee from one container to another. Marines standing in line for food, including an African American Marine.
1st Marine Division advancing into Chosin Reservoir region in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines move forward. Tanks advance on a field. Artillery is fired. U.S. aircraft drop napalm bombs. Blasts on hills and Marines move forward. View of the Chosin Reservoir power plant. Marines climb the hills. Front line marines in battle fire rifles and throw grenades and white phosphorous grenades. Marines in battle fire recoilless guns and 16mm mortar. They fire 75 caliber guns. Marines use smoke bombs. A marine carries and fires a flamethrower to attack enemy positions dug in.
1st Marine Division near Chosin Reservoir in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines walk on snow covered hills during brutal cold weather conditions. They search captured Chinese prisoners. They smash their weapons. U.S. marines question the prisoners. A young Chinese soldier answers. Two other soldiers are questioned. A U.S. marine lights cigarettes for prisoners of war.
1st Marine Division in Korea in frozen and snowy conditions during the Chosin Reservoir campaign of the Korean War. Snow covered jeeps and trucks parked in boxed in position surrounded by enemy, during brutal below freezing cold, wind, and snow weather conditions. Marines at work in a camp area near tents. Tanks parked at the camp area. U.S. aircraft on USS Valley Forge covered in snow and ice. A marine washes his face. Korean children stand beside a fire. The marines stand in a line to use an outhouse.
A United States Navy documentary about U.S. 7th Fleet and 1st Marine Division in Korea during the Korean War. USS Missouri (BB-63) battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Guns mounted on the battleship. Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, 7th Fleet Commander, looks through binoculars. U.S. aircraft on the flight deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier. Pilots are briefed. Napalm bombs are attached to aircraft. Message "To whom it may concern" written on a bomb. The aircraft taxis on the flight deck and takes off. A Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly patrol helicopter hovers in the sky in the background. It rescues a pilot who had to ditch his aircraft and hauls him upward to safety in the helicopter. Other aircraft in flight overhead. Aerial views of U.S. Navy A-1 Skyraider aircraft in flight, and views of pilots inside aircraft cockpits.
1st Marine Division completing withdrawal from Chosin Reservoir in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines walking on a road, far south of front lines. Officer talks over a radio in the foreground. USS Missouri BB-63 battleship in the background. Guns are fired from the battleship. The marines walk in line along the sides of the road. Trucks drive past on the road.
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