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United States Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team returns to Japan from Korea and is welcomed by City of Beppu, Oita

Clip opens with rapid changing scenes: American troops in trench in Korea. American tank on street in Germany. American Ski troops in Alaska. Amphibian assault training in Puerto Rico. Rotating Globe shows: U.S. Army on alert to defend against aggression. Sergeant Stuart introduces episdoe and states that U.S. Army has come to Japan to know their culture and make friends after war and occupation. U.S. Army troops of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, are seen arriving by railroad train at a train stateion near their base near Beppu,Oita on the island of Kyushu, Japan. U.S. Army soldiers, including white and African American soldiers, exit train cars. They receive a warm welcome from Japanese population. Banner reads:" Welcome Pala Troop comin back from Korea, City of Beppu."[sic] Women holding flowers and families with small children waving American and Japanese flags, welcome them on the train station. A sign over the train station platform reads: "Welcome 187 Para Troop Coming Back From Korea, City of Beppu." The troops stand in formation on the platform while the unit's officers receive the flowers from the women. Japanese men in fraternal uniforms and the general population all join in the welcoming ceremonies. The troops march off the train station under another sign reading: Welcome Home 187 RCT." and march down the main street of Beppu under a swirl of paper confetti. Next scenes are from autumn of 1945, as U.S. soldiers march through streets of Japan during occupation following the end of World War 2. U.S. troops seen marching behind Japanese police to occupy Japan, in 1945, amidst the aftermath of suffering and destruction of the war. The local population standing at road sides and watching with worry and concern. Scenes of postwar destruction in Japan. Rubble of bombed buildings. Scene of simple wooden dwelling shacks and wreckage nearby. A Japanese boy with his baby brother on his back. The baby is crying. Next scene moves again to circa 1950 in streets of a Japanese city, possibly Tokyo, rebuilt and with busy scenes of traffic on streets and commerce. Large outdoor rally with a Communist speaker addressing large crowd of Japanese people who sit and listen. Scenes from a what the narrator describes as a Communist rally in Japan, against America, which turns violent. Protestors running in streets during demonstration, with signboards and police and fire fighters extinguish flames at scene of an overturned, burning car. Flashback again to 1945 or 1946 as U.S. Army soldiers use tractors and heavy equipment to clear and level an area of war rubble and debris during rebuilding efforts after World War 2. Japanese citizens look on, watching the machines at work.

Date: 1951
Duration: 5 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024871
Incomplete submarines at assembly plant in Sasebo, Japan.

Smoke coming out of a ship in sea at Port of Sasebo in Japan. Mountains in background. Incomplete submarines at an assembly plant. Scene of buildings at the assembly plant.

Date: 1945, October 17
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034557
Soldiers of United States 32nd Division playing cards in street in Sasebo, Japan.

Soldiers of United States Army 32nd Division playing cards in street in Sasebo, Japan. Several Japanese youngsters watch. Soldier turns pages of a comic book while interested youngsters look on. Two soldiers watch a Japanese boy writing on pad. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, October 17
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034560
USS Cape Gloucester anchored in Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II.

Sasebo Harbor in Japan after World War II. Installations along the dock of a repair base loading tresses and coaling docks. USS Cape Gloucester (CVE-109) at anchor in the harbor with deck full of parked aircraft. . A crane at the dock. Small Japanese craft in the harbor including sampans and fishing craft.

Date: 1945, September 28
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066712
Soldiers of United States 32nd Division sitting in jeeps in Sasebo, Japan.

Jeeps coming in Sasebo, Japan. Soldiers of United States 32nd Division sitting in the jeeps. Jeep pulls trailers and passes over a muddy area. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, October 18
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034555
A few landing barges coming into shore at Port of Sasebo in Japan.

A few landing barges of U.S. Army 32nd Division coming into shore at Port of Sasebo in Japan. A man looks at barges coming to shore. Jeeps pull trailers over muddy road.

Date: 1945, October 17
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034556