This Battlezone series looks at the Korean War from start to finish including the lead up and aftermath of the war from the US perspective.
Graphically shown here is the treatment given our wounded in battle. We see the care a man receives from medics all along the line; from the time the wounded soldier calls 'Medic' until he is released for duty. The Medical Corps is saving more lives than in any other time of combat. Lieutenant Colonel S. J. Newsom of San Diego, California tells the story in an interview with Captain Zimmerman.
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Through the Korean Military Advisory Group, the South Korean Army has been able to build itself up to the fourth strongest Army in the world. 'The Big Picture' shows the activities of the South Korean Army and its preparations for the future.
At the end of World War 2 the 7th accepted Japanese surrender in Korea. In 1950 they return to the new war.
For this film presentation in The Big Picture television series, American soldiers are shown as they lend a helping hand to Korea, a country torn apart by war. Americans have traditionally responded to the needs of friends in trouble. Here is a documentary about a gesture which started as an informal assist and has become a giant program for the rehabilitation of certain areas of Korean life.
Destruction of the Port of Hungnam...The withdrawal across the Han...U.N. defenses at Suwon...and air attacks on the Chinese border. Captain Zimmerman interviews two soldiers, Corporal Tom Miller who was a rifleman with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea and Corporal James Jankowski of McDonald, Pennsylvania, who served with Company L in the Army's 2nd Division.
In this The Big Picture we see American soldiers battling winter cold, as well as the Communist Chinese, in Korea. The film shows how soldiers saved thousands of lives with quick evacuations of wounded U.S. fighters in helicopters. Also included is a display of the finest weapons in the world -- the U.S. Army's.
Here is an exciting film documentary of the famous 'Indianheads,' the men of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. Although the fighting in Korea is over, the deeds of the 2nd Infantry Division will long be remembered. Out of the struggle in Korea have come many accounts of great suffering and even greater heroism, but few of them can match the story as told in this Big Picture program.
This is the story of the Army's Psychological Warfare activities in the Far East Command, primarily as a tactical weapon in Korea. We augment the effectiveness of our combat forces with the potent weapon of words. Through leaflets, shot by artillery shells or dropped from planes; through radio news and through loudspeakers mounted on tanks and jeeps, we send our messages of truth to the enemy.
Our allied units throw a powerful counterattack against the Reds, Infantry tanks, artillery, and air all combine to throw the Reds back to the North, The Navy blasts the enemy with rockets. Captain Zimmerman interviews Chaplain Joseph Murphy of Boston, Massachusetts, and Captain John Rock, former company commander with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea.
Establishing the Lincoln Line... The need for blood in Korea... A powerful air-ground assault against the Reds. The Army Medical Corps is represented on this program with interviews with Nurse Captain Molly Younger, who served with a front line surgical team in Korea, and Sergeant Preputnick, who was an aid man with a rifle company in Korea.
