United States Combat activities during Korean War in South Korea. A United States Army jeep drives on a muddy road. Truck splashes water from road. Soldiers pull artillery by rope. They clean barrel of artillery. Shells placed on ground. Mud filled feet of soldiers. C-119 Flying Boxcar Transport aircraft drop parachute and ammunition supply to advancing forces.
Evidence of atrocities committed against United States Army soldier prisoners of war during the Korean War. Dead U.S. Army soldiers lay in field. United States soldier examines grave markers with dog-tags attached. Dead body in ditch with hands tied behind. Demolished vehicle and a U.S. Army tank disabled.
Start of Korean War. South Korea is attacked by Communist North Korea. Map shows division of Korea and capital of North and South Korea as Pyongyang and Seoul. Animated arrows shows attack of North Korea to South Korea. Troops of Korean Republican Army in the South mobilizing in citiies and heading to the front. South Korean soldiers fire rifles and artillery from trenches and hills. Smoke is seen among mountain ranges during battle. Soldier looks through binoculars. Next scene is in the United States, in Lake Success, New York, where guards at the United Nations simultaneously raise flags of many nations at the United Nations. South Korean ambassador Chang Myon is seen at an Emergency meeting of the Security Council of the UN. Secretary of UN, Trygve Lie states the situation is a as threat to world peace and calls for acceptance of the U.S. demand to reestablish peace. All 9 members present raise their hands in acceptance. Next scene is back in South Korea. Scenes of displaced civilian refugees including women and children. Many are gathered together. Man helps old woman to walk. Two Korean refugee boys stand side by side as one child eats bread. Next scene is again at the United Nations. Empty seat of representative of the Soviet Union is shown. U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Warren Austin, speaks and asks that the UN members vote to to assist South Korea, repel the armed attack by North Korea, and bring peace. Camera shows Security Council delegates voting, as 7 out of 8 representatives raise their hands in acceptance.
United Nations military action at the very beginning of the Korean War. United States Army General MacArthur shakes hands with an officer on the ground in Korea. He observes United Nation defense units, aircraft and soldiers in Korea as their Commander. First United States troops walk with their gear at a railroad station in Korea. Soldier advances hand in help to other soldier. U.S. Army infantry soldier and Korean Republic soldier shake hands. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, and trucks loaded on rail train cars. A U.S. Army tank advances in South Korea. Korean people stand beside the road and watch the advancing soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers load shells and fire artillery to slow the North Korean advance. General MacArthur accepts United Nation's battle flag at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Flag of the United Nations waving in the wind.
United States 9th Infantry Division redeployment in Vietnam. A soldier on road. Soldiers assemble on field for the award ceremony. Color guards march to position. They carry the United States flag. Troops stand in ease with rifle in one hand and other hand folded back. (Vietnam War period).
United States 9th Infantry Division redeployment in Vietnam. Major General Harris W Hollis, Battalion Commander Fredrick A Schaefer III and Battalion Commander James William Gunn salutes from platform. Color guards march. Band plays national anthem. General salutes from stand. Hollis presents awards to troops. Troops stand in line. Soldier brings the flag of 9th Infantry Division forward. Insignia of Octofoil on the flag. Hollis attaches ribbon of United States on the pole of flag and moves forward. (Vietnam War period).
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