Narrated feature on the Korean War and the arrival and initial reactions of 24th Division Army troops during the first 50 days of war. Soldiers boarding landing craft and landing on beaches. Tending wounded soldiers. Advancing on foot. U.S. Air Force supply land landing and soldiers unloading boxes from it. Troops assembling with gear. Soldier holding box containing food rations. U.S. Soldiers in line crossing bridges and into towns as Korean citizens look on. South Korean soldiers marching through villages, looking weary from war. Villagers carrying belongings and leaving a town. U.S. soldiers march through an empty town with all shops and homes closed. U.S. soldiers digging gun placements for artillery and machine guns. Soldiers cooking. One stirs pot with knife. Battle scenes with U.S. soldiers firing artillery, rifles, machine guns. Wounded on stretchers.
First 50 days of Korean War. Reinforcement equipment and troops from the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division and 1st Cavalry division riding slowly on flat top rail cars and then unloading artillery and tanks. Tanks and artillery moving forward on roads. "Rebel's Roost" is written on one of the tanks and a soldier sits over it cleaning weapons. Soldiers look through binoculars. Views of U.S. tanks firing on enemy positions. Soldier firing a bazooka. Demolished enemy tank along a road.
Medical aid being provided to U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. A tank moves on a rugged field. U.S. army medical team treats wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Private Lubak, of the 7th Division, praises the work of front line medics and nurses in treating him when he was wounded, beginning on the battlefield, and throughout his subsequent care, ending in a hospital in Japan.
Medical aid being provided to U.S. soldiers during the Korean War. Helicopters with special containers on their sides to be used for evacuation. An injured soldier being carried in a container on the side of the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. An injured soldier being brought to a medical station aboard a light liaison airplane. Men carry soldier on stretcher into an evacuation airplane. Cover over ramp into aircraft reads'374th troop carrier wing, Hospital Evacuation'. The aircraft will evacuate the wounded to Japan. In Japan, Japanese civilians are seen carrying wounded U.S. soldiers from a C-47 aircraft ,on a stretcher into an ambulance. View of ambulance interior,shows tiers of litters. Ambulance arrives at Tokyo Army Hospital. View of the hospital building. The wounded soldiers being carried into the hospital for treatment.
Troops on Sherman tank, tank moving. Tank tilts up and pushes a Korean hut to the ground to clear view for roadblock. Men under improvised shelter at side of a roadway. Troops playing cards under shelter, several other men stand by and watch. (Korean War)
F-51 Mustang aircraft of 2 Squadron, South African Air Force (SAAF), fly overhead, in two flights of 4 aircraft each, and peel off for landing. This Squadron, attached to the USAF 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, is operating at K-10, Chinhae (aka Jinhae) Air Base, where one of their F-51s, displaying SAAF markings is seen taxiing to park. Other aircraft of the 18th Wing are seen parked in the background. Another F-51D, with USAF markings, tail number 45-11736, and shark's teeth painted on its nose, taxis out of the parking area. This aircraft is from the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron, and piloted by Lt. James Glessner. (Korean War)