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.
A B-52 strategic bomber aircraft takes off. A flight of B-52s in formation. Higgins boat landing craft motoring toward shore in the amphibious assault and landing at Inchon, during the Korean War (also spelled Incheon). A U.S. Landing Craft Tank (Rocket), LCT(R), firing rockets at shore during the assault. Wider view of the assault with rockets being fired and smoke obscuring much of scene. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command, is seen seated aboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) during the Inchon Korea landings, September 15,1950. Behind him is Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, U.S. Navy, Commander of Task Force 90 and Major General Edward M. Almond, U.S. Army, Commander, Tenth Corps (looking through binoculars). More scenes of the amphibious landing including view of Landing vehicle Tracked (LVT) in the surf. Infantrymen clambering ashore. An M4 Sherman tank in action. Smoke and fire. North Korean soldiers surrendering with white flags and taken captive as prisoners of war. American tanks passing through captured North Korean town.
U.S. Army soldiers during the Korean War in Korea. Soldiers of "A" Company 1st Battalion 35th Regiment 25th Division queued up on hill for chow. Soldiers seated on the ground eating. A soldier smiles as he puts a spoon of food to his mouth. 3 September 1950: Soldiers of Middlesex Regiment unload supplies at the staging area. Soldier lights gadget used to heat water for tea.
Piles of war materiel are seen at the port as the X-Corps and refugees evacuate Hamhung, North Korea, in December, 1950. Wounded and disabled being loaded into boats. Large numbers of Korean refugees being evacuated. Troops climbling aboard the troop transport ship, USS Okanogan (APA-220) from landing craft. Abandoned supplies and equipment being destroyed by explosives set off by U.S. Army engineers. A U.S. Navy warship with number 127 on it's bow sits close to the shore. Scenes of operations around the USS Okanogan, as she loads troops aboard.
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.
Montage of Korean War scenes. View of mountainous terrain in Korea, 1950. American soldier holds his ears as gun crew fires a 240mm howitzer. American soldiers, in heavily sand-bagged position, firing 4.2 inch mortar. Gunners firing a quad .50 machine gun and others firing a 155mm howitzer and an M2 .50-caliber machine gun. American soldiers in sandbagged and camouflaged bunkers. An army patrol heading out from their defensive position. Barrels of artillery pieces silhouetted against the sky. Numerous bursts of artillery fire flashing in the black of night. Weary soldiers returning from a patrol.