Activities of members of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II. Soldiers lead pack mules across stream. Wounded soldier is carried on litter on hillside. Plasma is administered to the wounded soldier under hospital tent.
Activities of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II. Group of soldiers in jungle near Tingkrukawang. A soldier sets up an 81mm mortar. Troops load shells.
U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders battle enemy in Burma during World War II. A 60mm mortar is fired from clearing. In a trench 30 yards from the enemy, a few soldiers fire BARs (Browning Automatic Rifles) and rifle grenades. Soldier fires carbine, then snaps his fingers and points. Soldiers look at Japanese saber, ammunition, and other articles.
U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders battle enemy in Burma during World War II. A 60mm mortar is fired from clearing. Chinese litter bearers evacuate a soldier hit by machine gun fire. A grave is dug for one of the two soldiers killed.
The British forces along with the Chindits units in India as they plan for their operations in Burma during World War II. Planes parked on the airfield. Troops, equipment and pack animals being loaded into gliders and transports. Pilot embark onto the plane. Crew stands near the planes. The planes take off.
Opening scene shows a sign identifying the 38th Parallel separating North from South Korea. Refugees with their few belongings walk from North Korea to South Korea. A U.S. Patton tank is seen next, followed by another. Closeup of treads on a Patton tank, raising dust as it passes. Another Patton heading toward the camera, with a crewman waving. A Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, aircraft, marked with three stars, arrives, carrying the new Commander of the Eight Army, Lieutenant General James Van Fleet. He climbs out of the airplane and shakes hands with a Brigadier General. Standing behind him is Air Force Lieutenant General Earle E. Partridge, commander of the 5th Air Force. A jeep carrying General Van Fleet turns in from a dirt road. A sign reads "56th Regiment, Message Center." Lieutenant General Van Fleet, climbs out of the front right seat of the jeep. He is wearing a pair of pearl handled side arms. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Partridge is seated in the back seat of the jeep and jumps out behind Van Fleet. View of explosion in distant hills, part of the initial barrage in advance of the next United Nations offensive. Sounds of aircraft and artillery are heard. American infantry are seen moving forward. Narrator notes that numerous Chinese troops were in the hills around the Chosin reservoir and they were committed in vast numbers against the UN forces. UN infantry in Korean War moving through forests and mist. Large numbers of Chinese prisoners of war are seen walking along a dirt road.
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