American Expeditionary Forces during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France in World War I. American Expeditionary Force troops load shells in an artillery piece. U.S. troops fire artillery. Smoke rises due to explosions on ground. American soldiers wait in trenches and fire a machine gun. Panoramic view of the battlefield under an artillery barrage. U.S. artillery fire shells. Vehicles being driven on road. Prisoners carry injured soldiers on litters. Dead bodies of German enemy on ground. Soldiers advance through ruins. Soldiers on horses near bombed buildings of town. Soldiers run across a street. A tall building possibly a church being bombed as a massive explosion is seen. American troops advance and are seen along a railroad near Sedan.
Refugees in Belgium near end of World War 1. Belgian people rebuild and repair houses. Two men on roof of the house. Women climb a ladder and assist in handing supplies back and forth. Men lay roof of a house. American soldier supervises as German soldiers (prisoners) carry sewing machine tables and other equipment and supplies out of a building. Civilian men and women carry supplies out of a different building. Two women assist girls and boys in sitting down to a meal at a long table in a school or orphanage. Belgian children eating food in the dining area. A United States Army soldier holding a dog and a mug. He smiles as he lets the dog drink from his cup. Two American soldiers talk to Roman Catholic Cardinal Mercier (Desire-Joseph Mercier) in a garden area. Close up view of Cardinal Mercier. (WWI; WW1)
Japanese troops in Corregidor island, Philippines during the Battle of Corregidor in World War II. Japanese fire knee mortars. Japanese snipers fire rifles in the jungle. Artillery being fired as Japanese infantry advance. Group of Japanese soldiers yelling a Banzai battle cry together from atop a mountain. U.S. prisoners standing next to a Japanese soldiers and a jeep beside a bridge.
Proper treatment of prisoners of war being shown. Demonstration of Viet Cong being apprehended but treated humanely, during the Vietnam War. Local Vietnamese civilians receiving attention from U.S. and Republic of Vietnam military medical personnel. North Vietnamese propaganda posters illustrating ostensible mistreatment by American and Republic. Newspaper headline reporting murder of captured U.S. soldier by Viet Cong, in Vietnam. Views of various cruel and unusual weapons and traps employed by the Viet Cong. Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) boarding an American helicopter. Examples of permissable combat while adversary continues to fight : A flight of three B-26 bombers dropping bombs and a single plane dropping napalm. Battery of U.S. M114 155 mm howitzers firing shells. U.S. soldiers firing mortars and machine guns. Glimpse of delegates meeting for Third Geneva Convention at Palace of Nations, in 1949. ARVN troops helping Vietnamese farmers harvest grain..
Opening scene shows American soldiers exiting a helicopter and wading through water during the Vietnam War. Next, Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnam's leader, poses with Mao Tse-tung (or Zedong), the leader of the Communist People's Repbulic of China. Ho Chi Minh on a reviewing stand with unidentified high ranking communist military officer. Shadows of Viet Cong running to attack a village. A straw-roofed building being torched. Village people fleeing. Anti-communist volunteers training. Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) in camouflage arrive in a truck convoy and begin offensive against Viet Cong (VC). A shell explodes nearby. ARVN taking up defensive positions firing recoiless rifle and Browning M1917 machine gun. American and ARVN soldier with a VC prisoner, whose head has been bandaged. ARVN being trained in use of a mortar.
First Jewish religious services on grounds of Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany after the camp's liberation. A European civilian speaks at the ceremony honoring those who died under Nazi persecution. Liberated prisoners and other people gather to listen to his speech. People stand holding flags.
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