C-119s and C-46s of the USAF 403rd Troop Carrier Wing fly paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in a massive troop drop near K-2 (Taigu) Korea, during the Korean War. Mass of floating parachutes descends from sky as troops are dropped from C-119 aircraft. Views on ground as various troopers land and fold their chutes. A second wave of troopers is dropped from formation of C-46 aircraft.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratrooper drop on plowed field in Korea after jumping from C-46 airplanes. Formation of C-46 Commando airplanes in flight overhead. (Korean War)
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratroopers land on plowed field in Korea, during Korean War. The U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-119 Flying Boxcar , and C-46 Commando airplanes. Soldier unfastens his parachute harness on the ground.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team paratroopers jump from formations of C-46 and C-119 aircraft in Korea. Soldiers land in plowed field. Sky is filled with open chutes. As they land, troopers unfasten their harnesses and assemble in the field. (Korean War period.)
187th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) load 105 mm Howitzer in Korea, during Korean War. U.S. Army soldier inserts shells into breech of Howitzer. Howitzer fired in an open field. Soldier looks through the telescopic view of 105mm Howitzer. United States soldier places shell on ground. RTC members fire the Howitzer.
187th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) removes shells from cases, placed on army truck in Korea, during Korean War. U.S. Army officer in charge of 187th RCT directs fire of 105mm Mortar. Soldiers load and fire Howitzer in an open field. Officer standing next to the gun speaks over microphone. Soldiers cut binders around shell cases.