A plane dives and drops bomb on enemy positions in mountains at Naktong River area in Korea, during Korean War. Explosion and smoke rises up. 60 MM mortar crew in action. The crew works in fields. United States Marine troops move at the bottom of hill. A destroyed M-26 tank parked. Mountains in the background.
Two HL3-S helicopters land on a rice field at Naktong River Area in Korea, during Korean War. Sigmund Rhee comes out of the helicopter and shakes hand with United States General OP Smith and other officers. Sigmund Rhee and General OP Smith walk away from the helicopter. Marine officers salute and Marine troops at attention in the background. Sigmund Rhee and General OP Smith return the salute.
A South Korean civilian kneel down on side of a road at Naktong River Area in Korea. U.S. Marines with weapons in sling arms advance in scattered formations alongside a road and rice paddies, during the Korean War. Marines advance along the farm terrain. Several Marines move along through the underbrush terrain. Marines fire M-1 rifles. Marines dug in on top of hill, fire weapons. Marine with a radio. Marines go down towards the valley. Marines in crouched position. Marines advance towards the top of a hill. Marines go down side of hill. Abandoned Korean machine gun. Marines prepare to fire 30 caliber air cooled machine gun at a village.
United States Marines work at a repair shop in Naktong River Area, Korea, during the Korean War. Marines saw wood. Marines use acetylene torch on axle and bottom part of a small trailer. Men working around repair a shop. Mountains in the background. Man straightens metal on an anvil. Man uses a hammer on a piece of steel and bangs it on the anvil. Trailers lay all around. Trucks near a camp. Tents set up on the ground. Marines bathe in outdoor showers made of long pipes.
U.S. Marines and equipment being evacuated from Hungnam Harbor, North Korea,in December, 1950, during the Korean War. Opening scene shows wounded Marines on stretchers, being settled on the deck of a landing craft infantry. Two of the wounded marines are lifted over the gunwale and placed in an ambulance. View of wounded lying on deck of a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). An M4 Sherman tank, loaded with supplies, backs toward the shore, under direction of another tank driver. Scene shifts to an M-26 Pershing tank being backed into a Landing Ship Tank (LST). It is followed by another, equipped with a sand shield.
View of Hungnam Harbor, North Korea, during evacuation of American forces in the Korean War. Several Higgins boats are lined along the shore with ramps down, ready to receive evacuees. A landing craft infantry (LCI) is headed out from shore. Scene shifts to marines stepping into landing craft from a pier. The landing craft filled with marines. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) underway with deck full of tanks. Marines leaving landing craft and boarding the attack transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33).