A ceremony restores government control to Inchon. General OP Smith and other U.S. Marine officers stand on the steps of a building during the ceremony. United States flag and Korean flag fly from a balcony above steps. South Korean officer, Sigmund Rhee with General OP Smith. Korean civilian officers march to the steps. Sigmund Rhee leads song from the steps of a building. Marines stand in attention during the ceremony. Civilians look on. Marine and Korean officer reads proclamation. Korean civilians clap. General OP Smith shakes hand with Sigmund Rhee.
LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) move along in water towards the land during the Korean WAr. United States Marines watch as vehicles and LVT parked all around on beach. Supplies unloaded. Crane and other equipment. An amphibious vehicle DUKW advances in water. Shoreline and a large factory building in the background. LVT moves towards a beach. A dead man laying face down in shallow water. Several LVT in water with troops sit on side.
United States troops in combat gear in Korea, during Korean War. Members of Able & Baker Company, 1st Battalion and 1st Marine Division move up in the rainy weather. Troops move along the muddy road. Marine carries tripod to a machine gun. Several Marines have put on parkas. First aid administered to a wounded man. A jeep tows a trailer. Wounded man in stretcher on the hood of a jeep. Troops lie on bank of road in prone position. Some troops fire. Jeep passes by. Napalm bomb explodes on Hill 166. Troops move on the road.
Large ambulance trucks arrive at Camp Munsan-Ni in Korea during Operaton Little Switch, the first phase of Operation Big Switch prisoner repatriation efforts. United States Marine rides along the side of a running board of a truck and guides the driver to the parking area. Prisoners get out of the ambulance trucks. British flag and large tents in the background. Activities of the troops. Trucks and tents in the entire camp area.
Group of senior officers at Camp Munsan-Ni in Korea. A sign on a tent reads 'Welcome gate to freedom'. Korean, British and United States officers. A British officer, U.S. Army officer and U.S. Marine officer in discussion. U.S. flag on the left side and UN flag on the right side of the tent. Two Marine officers assist a wounded, liberated prisoner of war on a stretcher. Liberated soldiers who were prisoners of war get out of ambulance truck. (This is during Operation Little Switch, the first phase of a reciprocal repatriation effort that was followed by Operation Big Switch in August 1953.)
United States Military Police stand at a race track during Japanese surrender at Tsing-Tao in China during World War II. People seated in Grandstand. Houses on a hill in the background. Troops stand in formation. Jeeps in line with the troops. Crew stands in front of M 4 tanks. Documents marked 'Act of Surrender' lay on tables with pens and paper weights made from cartridges. Major General Shepherd of 6th Division of U.S. Marine Corps. Japanese General signs a document.
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