Operations of United Nations troops in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Army Major General, William K. Harrison, Jr, and U.S. Navy Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, arrive at Panmunjom for initial peace talks with North Korean military officials. They walk past several tents and enter one. North Korean Officers walk across a field, with other structures and tents visible in background. In complete, unrelated change of scene, a contingent of the Philippine Expeditionary force is welcomed by Maj Gen Robert H Soule, Commanding General, 3rd Division and Philippine Colonel Dionisio Ojeda, who both exchange salutes with the troops on September 5, 1951. Various views of the Philippine troops being reviewed by General Soule, and in several formations. Closeup of a Philippine Captain at the front of some troops. General Soule and Colonel Ojeda standing in front of a tent, accompanied by other Philippine officers and a military photographer. Infantrymen of the 3rd Division firing rifles and M1919 Browning .30 caliber medium machine guns from cover in brush. Allied troops walk along the sides of a road. (Narrator says "A brief lull came to an end with Operation Cleanup.") A Patton tank loaded with infantrymen getting a lift uphill. Another moving downhill. Views of American tanks firing rounds in hilly terrain. An American soldier using a periscopic artillery range finder. Aircraft making bombing runs over the ridgeline. Next, United Nations forces are seen establishing defensive positions along the so-called Jamestown line. Tanks and infantry are deployed and seen in hardened bunker positions.
U.S. prisoners of war freed after the Raid at Cabanatuan during World War II. United States prisoners and Filipino civilians are liberated from Cabanatuan Prison camp, Nueva Ecija. The liberated men march on a rice field in Nueva Ecija. Women and children watch them. Men seated in Jeeps and trucks moving past on the field. Liberated United States prisoners arrive in Guimba, Nueva Ecija where more Filipino civilians welcome them. The rescued prisoners arrive at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital where the main building displays a sign that reads “Guimba East Central School” (MQ5C+MRW, Barawid, Guimba, Nueva Ecija).
Rescue team members on the deck of a U.S. submarine (both USS Sealion (SS-315) and USS Pampanito (SS-383) participated in the rescue) . Crew members carry Australian survivors found clinging to wrecked parts of the Rakuyo Maru, a Japanese prison ship, that had been carrying the prisoners, during World War II. The Rakuyo Maru had been torpedoed by U.S. submarines including these same rescue ships, days earlier. Exhausted survivors pulled on deck with the help of rescue line. They are covered with fuel oil. Men help the survivors aboard. Crew members with other survivors on the submarine.
The United States officers stationed outside Manila. Study contour maps of Japanese position and surrender leaflets. Officer points at book and another officer writes on paper. Two soldiers converse with each other standing outside tents. They read the leaflet and smile. (World War II period).
Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright and staff sit opposite Japanese General Masaharu Honma and officers during surrender after fall of Corregidor. General Honmu enters Manila greeted by crowd gathered on the street. People carry large banners. The banners read in Japanese language. The crowd carries Japanese flags. Two WAC's (Women's Army Corps) talk about the situation in the Pacific Theater. Railroad train filled with U.S. army trucks. A United States naval fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. Soldiers disembarking troop ship overseas. Naval guns in view on U.S. warships near wharf. . A P-38, Lightning fighter plane being offloaded onto the dock. A P-38 taking off from a pierced steel plank runway, in the Pacific. (World War II period).
From a film about aerospace medical evacuation and first aid operations for injured soldiers during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force C-141 aircraft taxis along an airport and takes off as it carries soldiers wounded during Vietnam War to their homes. A grounds man signals and aircraft takes off. Doctors examine wounded soldiers aboard the aircraft. A nurse talks to a patient. She administers a injection to a soldier. A soldier smokes a cigarette as he lies in his bed. Soldiers eat food and sit in their beds.
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