Focuses on Korean War. Antiaircraft guns fire in combat with enemy. Refugees walk up on hill. Troops march on field. Tanks advance on battlefield. Captain Carl Zimmerman speaks at desk about the causes of events which took place during Korean campaign, picture of refugees walking up hill in the background. Captain recalls day 10th August in 1950 and summarizes the United Nations consolidation below the 38th Parallel. Map shows Pusan, Masan, Changnyong, Pohang and other places. Close view of map highlighting Chinju, Masan, South West region of Taegu, Uisong, Pohang, and Yongdok. Map of Korea depicts the ground support given by marines, navy and air force planes. U.S. forces counterattack. U.S. troops march on road near Pohang 30 August 1950. Tanks advance on street. Soldiers on tanks. Troops in combat with enemy. Troops fire guns. Troops take cover behind woods. Captain Carl speaks with Lieutenant Tom, Platoon Leader of 24th Division. He shares experience of his platoon moving North of Korea during war. He further speaks about air support and artillery used in war. He talks about captured communists and weaponry used by North Koreans and his platoon. Marines march across field. Marines climb up mountain. Enemy opens fire. Wounded marine runs back for aid. Marines rush to attack. Marines fire machine guns and rifles. American aircraft overhead drop bombs. Explosions on ground. Map of Korea marks date 10/8/1950 and depicts areas captured by U.S. forces below 38th parallel. Captain Carl speaks at desk.
United States Marines retreat southwards from 38th Parallel as a result of Chinese aggression in Korea. United States Marines retreat in trucks as they cross bridges over rivers. In north east Korea U.S. marines trapped in Chosin reservoir area. Aerial view of the region with a convoy of trucks on road. Marines seated in a snow covered field as they pack up to retreat. Marines sleep in bags. Food and ammunition being packed in Japan for transporting it to the Marines trapped in Korea. United States Air Force C-119 aircraft in flight as it carries the supplies. Bridges, food and medical supplies being air dropped. Marines eat food. Marines destroy installation and equipment. Wounded marines being carried on litters and loaded aboard an aircraft at an airstrip. Wounded being loaded onto planes for flight to Japan. A Korean child being loaded onto a plane. Marines retreat along a road.
Withdrawal of United Nations forces over 38th parallel, North of Kaesong in Korea, during the Korean War. Convoy of American Army vehicles move on road. High speed tractor tows an artillery piece. Troops seated atop, truck passes by on dirt road.
Withdrawal of United Nations forces over 38th parallel, North of Kaesong in Korea, during the Korean War. Two tanks with United States soldiers atop, comes up on roadway. Soldiers driving over bridge wave to man standing next to a sign board. Sign board reads 'You are now crossing 38th Parallel'. View of huts next to the signboard.
Korean War: North Korean prisoner sits nude on a road with hands behind him in Inchon, Korea. United States Marines Corps stand behind him. Several U.S. Marines in the background. Prisoner puts his hands on his head and talks. South Korean interpreter talks to him with a Marine standing by. Prisoner points to certain locations on a situation map. Demolished vehicles lie all along the roadside.
LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) parked at a road in Inchon, Korea during Korean War. Several South Korean civilians stand by small hut on side. LVT-A4 moves along the road. Many Korean civilians in the background. The civilians wave. Long line of LVT passes by. United States Marines rest alongside of hill. Several buildings in the background. Marines pass on road beside civilians crouched beside the road. A group of captured men, most wearing white simple clothes. The prisoners on their knees with their hands behind their heads. A U.S. Marine treats wounded leg of a Korean. A wounded Korean lying on the ground with a bandage in his neck area. Korean prisoners are marched along a rice field. U.S. Marines guard them.