U.S. Army Advisors training Republic of Korea soldiers at a training facility operated by the Korea Military Advisory Group. They train with machine guns; learn tactics for movement in battlefield; how to crawl with straw camouflage. They fire rifles on a firing range. They crawl under barbed wire at an infiltration course. Smoke and explosions add realism to the training. General Paik Sun-yup of the Republic of Korea, observes the training activity.
United Nations military action at the very beginning of the Korean War. United States Army General MacArthur shakes hands with an officer on the ground in Korea. He observes United Nation defense units, aircraft and soldiers in Korea as their Commander. First United States troops walk with their gear at a railroad station in Korea. Soldier advances hand in help to other soldier. U.S. Army infantry soldier and Korean Republic soldier shake hands. Artillery, rifles, ammunition, and trucks loaded on rail train cars. A U.S. Army tank advances in South Korea. Korean people stand beside the road and watch the advancing soldiers. U.S. Army soldiers load shells and fire artillery to slow the North Korean advance. General MacArthur accepts United Nation's battle flag at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. Flag of the United Nations waving in the wind.
New strength for the Republic of Korea Army in South Korea. Three new Army corps are turned over to the Republic of Korea for training and operation. Flag of Republic of Korea and two another flags. In the address of congratulation , U.S. General Maxwell Taylor speaks in Korean and a surprised South Korean President Syngman Rhee expresses admiration for General Taylor speaking in Korean and notes, in English, that he understood every word.
ROK Army soldiers enter barracks with United States soldiers. Korean soldier playing checkers with white soldier. White and African American soldiers playing a table top "bowling" game. Korean hits punching bag with white soldier. ROK Army dentists with patient. ROK Army optometrist puts glasses on patient. Korean air traffic controller in tower with United States soldier. Monoplane landing at airport. ROK Army troops patrolling the DMZ near sign that reads "Light & Weapons Line. Personnel will not travel beyond this point unless they are armed or wearing flak vests--steel pots. All vehicle lights turned off at this point. "SAFETY FIRST" View of truck ambushed by North Korea in April 1968. Bullet holes seen in truck windshield. United States soldiers enter a mess hall tent. Officer points to bullet hole in wall from August 1968 attack on mess hall. View of upended dishes and table dramatizing attack on mess hall with machine gun. View of barracks destroyed by time bomb. Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting in Panmunjom, Korea. Korean smoking while meeting takes place. Damaged truck on display outside building at Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting. United States honor guard in formation outside building.
Life of Republic of Korea Navy sailors in Korea. A Korea Navy sailor walks on dock with his baggage. Ships anchored at the dock. The sailor visits the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, erected April 13, 1952, at the Bukwon roundabout in Jinhae Korea . Inscriptions on the statue of the Admiral. The sailor walks away and arrives at the Navy yard. The sailor with officers arrive at the yard. A fan hooked to an overhead crane being transferred. Workers work on a gun barrel. A gear system in operation. The sailor works on lathe and other machines. Friends visit the sailor in the Navy yard. The sailor makes them visit the yard. A battleship under construction. An officer works on the fan of the ship. The sailors visit the officer. The sailors perform electrode welding on parts of ship. A sailor calls the other sailors working on the ship. A sailor smokes. The signal light of the ship flashed. Sailors continue working on ship. The ship at dock. Sailors at the rail of ship. Sailors wave to their friends aboard the ship. The anchor of the ship opened. The ship leaves the dock. The sailor stands at the dock. Sailors rotate the navigation wheel of the ship. Sailors work on machines aboard ship. Sailors perform welding in the Navy yard. Three sailors walk at the training academy. The entrance to the training academy.
Troops of 1st ROK (Republic of Korea) Division. Views of river. Troops cross the river in assault boats under cover of an artillery barrage. (Korean War)