Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.
Sailors at a mess aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890) in United States. Men serve food. They face problem in serving food due to the lack of good facilities. Animation shows how to serve the food and the interior design of the mess. The kitchen and the dining hall refitted. Wide tables in the hall. Crewmen sit on the chairs and eat food. A sailor plays piano in the hall. Other sailors play cards. Improved standardized conditions on the ship.
Sailors stand outside a wash room aboard the destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890), in the United States. Interior design of the wash room on a paper. Sailors sit outside the wash room. Locker facility outside the wash room. A mirror in the wash room. Well furnished mess. Spaces provided to keep personal possessions. Sailors eat in a dining hall. A sailor comes on deck. An air conditioned room on the ship. Crewmen sit and talk. Other sailors play cards. Ships in the sea.
United States Army sentry stands guard and keeps lookout with binoculars, in Korea. While he keeps watch, his comrades gather around a camp fire and sing Christmas carols. (Korean War)
While their armed sentries keep a vigilant watch, United States soldiers in Korea, take some time off at Christmastime. A soldier plays harmonica. Another reads a book. African American soldier writes a letter. Other soldiers play cards, and some sing Christmas Carols. They wear warm jackets. Soldiers going to chapel for Christmas Service. They come out and shake hands with the Chaplain.
Christmas Dinner in Korea with "A" Company of the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Members of the Company are in a "Chow line" in their mess tent, as food service soldiers fill their mess trays with Christmas dinner. U.S. Army Cpl Bill Cunningham interviews several of them and gives them opportunity to record Christmas messages to their loved ones at home. He asks them their names, and where they come from and their messages to their family. He interviews Major General Lionel McGarr, the Commanding General of the 7th Infantry Division. Soldiers identified include: PFC Lewis from Massachusetts, Sgt Wiggens from Cambridge Idaho, Cpl Lewis Wells from Indiana, and General McGarr.