Operation Little Switch repatriation effort, in which released prisoners of war (POW) from the Korean War are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Japan, and then to the U.S. Cars carrying released sick and injured prisoners in litters drive towards U.S. Air Force Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter parked at Haneda Army Airbase at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Ambulance car backs up towards the aircraft. The U.S. soldiers in stretchers are taken aboard C-97 aircraft by U.S. military medical staff. Men stand in the background and under a wing of the aircraft. An Army General stands by.
Operation Little Switch for repatriation of former prisoners of war late in the Korean War. Released United States soldiers who were POW (Prisoners Of War) are in transport from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo annex in Japan. Medics load sick or injured U.S. Army soldiers aboard ambulances at the Tokyo annex. An African American soldier, former prisoner of war, smiles. Ambulatory former prisoners walk out. Several views of smiling African American patients. Mrs. Maruine Doran Clark, wife of General Mark Clark, shakes hand with repatriated U.S. Army soldiers at the airbase.
Operation Little Switch repatriation operation late in Korean War, in which released United States former POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. The liberated former prisoners get dressed in clean uniforms. Red Cross workers make tags for the returnees. A Red Cross nurse smiles. A Greek patient reading in bed. The patient smiles.
Operation Little Switch effort underway for repatriation of former prisoners of war near end of the Korean War. Released POW (Prisoners Of War) had been taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tokyo, Japan. A number of injured former POW U.S. Army soldiers are seen receiving Purple Heart awards from U.S. Army Colonel Kirkpatrick. Several views of Colonel awarding Purple Hearts to six soldiers, including two African American soldiers. The medals pinned on the robes of the hospital patients.
Operation Little Switch in which released POW (Prisoners Of War) are taken from Panmunjom, Korea to Tachikawa, Tokyo. Two repatriated soldiers play chess on a bed. The soldiers playing chess. A soldier with a cigarette. The soldiers in a group play dominoes in a ward.
Testing of American seaplane fighter aircraft F2Y Sea Dart at San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. The F2Y Sea Dart taxiing on bay waters during a test flight. Other vessels in the water. The F2Y Sea Dart taxis and takes off. The seaplane in flight. The bow of a huge vessel in view. The F2Y Sea Dart lands on the bay waters. The seaplane moves past another vessel. Buildings on the shore in the background. The seaplane taxis on the water. Vessels sail past the seaplane. The seaplane comes to a halt.
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