U.S. troops battle enemy in U.S. 1st Cavalry Sector of Waegwan, South Korea during Korean War. U.S. 5th Cavalry Regiment troops and South Korean soldiers burn huts with flamethrowers in which North Korean soldiers are hiding. Smoke rises from burning huts.
U.S. 1st Cavalry Division establishes beachhead at Pohang, Korea during Korean War. Animated map of South Korea depicts U.S. landings on east coast and highlights Pohang. U.S. LSTs (Landing Ships, Tank) and landing crafts head for beach of Pohang. U.S. soldiers disembark from landing craft. Equipment including bulldozer and trucks are unloaded. Soldiers and equipment advance inland. Commanding General of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division Major General Hobart R Gay holds a conference at commanding post of U.S. 8th cavalry regiment which includes Assistant Commanding General of U.S. 25th Infantry Division Ellis Warner Williamson and Commanding Officer of 8th Cavalry Division Colonel Ray D. Plummer. Welcome sign erected by South Koreans for U.S. officials. U.S. soldiers march.
U.S. soldiers from the Eighth Army 24th Division during the Korean War in South Korea. Soldiers dig foxholes. Several soldiers walk in a line, reading newspapers and relaxing. Soldiers gathered at a worship service, reading and praying. Officers plotting positions on a map. Views of bridges and roads destroyed to prevent enemy advance. Laying barbed wire. Tanks firing on mountain targets. Reinforcements arrive in trucks. Soldiers climb hills, walk through fields and attack enemy targets with guns, machine guns, and artillery. Establishing Pusan perimeter. Smoke clouds at the hill tops followed with explosion sound in background. Wounded soldiers getting aid and being carried by fellow soldiers. Captain Carl Zimmerman, host of show, speaking to camera after scenes from Korea conclude. He previews next show of "The Big Picture."
LSTs 742 and 869 seen discharging tanks and other vehicles 35 miles North of Pusan, South Korea, in , 1950. Reinforcement troops wade ashore from landing craft. A column of North Korean prisoners is marched, under guard, along a road. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur is greeted by officers as he steps from an airplane. He boards a jeep. View from an airplane flying over the area. It flies above and behind a B-26 as it fires an air-to-ground weapon that explodes in a ball of fire on the ground.
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson gives a speech in Washington D.C., United States. Johnson stands at microphone. Trees in the background. Johnson speaks on the Korean War situation very early in the war. He talks about the development of a force in South Korea to ensure the security of the country in the face of attack from North Korea and from possible other countries assisting North Korea.
Presentation of United Nations flag and presentation of Silver Star to U.S. officers in Taegu, South Korea during Korean War. Colonel A. G. Katzin, Secretary to 1st Secretary-General of United Nations Trygve Lie, presents UN flag to U.S. General Walton Walker. General Walker hands UN Colors to soldier of Color Guard. Color Guard marches. General Walker talks to Colonel Katzin. Colonel Katzin talks to U.S. Ambassador To South Korea John J. Muccio. Chief of KMAG (Korean Military Advisory Group) Colonel W. H. S. Wright pins the Silver Star on U.S. Lieutenant G. D. Mohr's jacket for bravery in Korean War.
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