Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. UN OFFENSIVE

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Bulletin" Program Series. 1944 - 1951. UN OFFENSIVE

1950

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Reel 1, Part 1, U.S. Marines and 7th Infantry Division troops engage in street fighting in the blazing ruins of Seoul with tank support. Part 2, troops of the 187th Regiment of the 11th Airborne Division board C-54 and C-119 transport planes at Ashinya Air Force Base in Japan and fly to Kimpo Air Force Base in South Korea. Part 3, Air Force Gens. Kenney and Stratemeyer tour air bases in South Korea with retired Gen. Spaatz and examine a North Korean Yak fighter plane. A F7F night fighter loads up with rockets for air strikes against the enemy. Part 4 shows dead bodies of South Korean civilians massacred by retreating North Korean forces at Taegu. Part 5, a typhoon lashes the U.S. Sakai Army Base in Japan. Reel 2, Part 1, troops and tanks of the 1st Cavalry Division advance into Pyongyang, North Korea and North Korean prisoners are marched to the rear. Part 2, street fighting rages in the ruins of Seoul, medics tend to wounded and South Korean troops cross the Han River and move into the city. Part 3, troops of the 11th Airborne Division board C-47 and C-119 transports at Kimpo Air Force Base and take off and jump over North Korea as Gen. MacArthur looks on. Part 4, Al Jolson entertains the troops in Korea near the front.

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