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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Kremlin, Moscow. Josef Stalin watching parade.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
South Korea, crowds of people in the street for a political rally.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
Planes in Taiwan, (Formosa) Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek waved to camera.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
United Nations general assembly.
MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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MacArthur's War - Douglas MacArthur and the Korean War
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Reagan Addresses the Korean Airline Massacre
This is not the first time the Soviet Union has shot at and hit a civilian airliner when it overflew its territory. In another tragic incident in 1978, the Soviets also shot down an unarmed civilian airliner after having positively identified it as such. In that instance, the Soviet interceptor pilot clearly identified the civilian markings on the side of the aircraft, repeatedly questioned the order to fire on a civilian airliner, and was ordered to shoot it down anyway. The aircraft was hit with a missile and made a crash landing. Several innocent people lost their lives in this attack, killed by shrapnel from the blast of a Soviet missile. Is this a practice of other countries in the world? The answer is no. Commercial aircraft from the Soviet Union and Cuba on a number of occasions have overflown sensitive United States military facilities. They weren't shot down. We and other civilized countries believe in the tradition of offering help to mariners and pilots who are lost or in distress on the sea or in the air. We believe in following procedures to prevent a tragedy, not to provoke one. But despite the savagery of their crime, the universal reaction against it, and the evidence of their complicity, the Soviets still refuse to tell the truth. They have persistently refused to admit that their pilot fired on the Korean aircraft. Indeed, they've not even told their own people that a plane was shot down. They have spun a confused tale of tracking the plane by radar until it just mysteriously disappeared from their radar screens, but no one fired a shot of any kind. But then they coupled this with charges that it was a spy plane sent by us and that their planes fired tracer bullets past the plane as a warning that it was in Soviet airspace.
Reagan Addresses the Korean Airline Massacre
I have outlined some of the steps we're taking in response to the tragic massacre. There is something I've always believed in, but which now seems more important than ever. The Congress will be facing key national security issues when it returns from recess. There has been legitimate difference of opinion on this subject, I know, but I urge the Members of that distinguished body to ponder long and hard the Soviets' aggression as they consider the security and safety of our people, indeed, all people who believe in freedom. Senator Henry Jackson, a wise and revered statesman and one who probably understood the Soviets as well as any American in history, warned us, ``the greatest threat the United States now faces is posed by the Soviet Union.'' But Senator Jackson said, ``If America maintains a strong deterrent, and only if it does, this nation will continue to be a leader in the crucial quest for enduring peace among nations.'' The late Senator made those statements in July on the Senate floor, speaking in behalf of the MX missile program he considered vital to restore America's strategic parity with the Soviets. When John F. Kennedy was President, defense spending as a share of the Federal budget was 70 percent greater than it is today. Since then, the Soviet Union has carried on the most massive military buildup the world has ever seen. Until they are willing to join the rest of the world community, we must maintain the strength to deter their aggression. But while we do so, we must not give up our effort to bring them into the world community of nations. Peace through strength as long as necessary, but never giving up our effort to bring peace closer through mutual, verifiable reduction in the weapons of war. I've told you of negotiations we've suspended as a result of the Korean airline massacre, but we cannot, we must not give up our effort to reduce the arsenals of destructive weapons threatening the world. Ambassador Nitze has returned to Geneva to resume the negotiations on intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe. Equally, we will continue to press for arms reductions in the START talks that resume in October. We are more determined than ever to reduce and, if possible, eliminate the threat hanging over mankind. We know it will be hard to make a nation that rules its own people through force to cease using force against the rest of the world. But we must try. This is not a role we sought. We preach no manifest destiny. But like Americans who began this country and brought forth this last, best hope of mankind, history has asked much of the Americans of our own time. Much we have already given; much more we must be prepared to give. Let us have faith, in Abraham Lincoln's words, that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. If we do, if we stand together and move forward with courage, then history will record that some good did come from this monstrous wrong that we will carry with us and remember for the rest of our lives. Thank you. God bless you, and good night. Shot of White House at night.
1950s - Korean War - Destroyed Village
Smoke coming from destroyed building within a small village. A few soldiers walking through a grassy field. U.S. Army tank driving past billowing smoke on the roadside; three soldiers riding on top.
1950s - Korean War - Communication Lines
Two U.S. Army Caucasian soldiers carrying wooden spool as they lay communication wire. Caucasian male soldiers walking through town.
1950s - Korean War - Aerial Dogfight
POV from a Grumman F9F Panther fighter jet in an aerial dogfight with a Soviet MiG 15.
Prisoners of War
Shirtless young adult North Korean male captives walk in single file line down road, hands on their heads, followed by two RoK Army soldiers.
U.S. Marines Depart for Korean War Assignment
Excellent traveling shot of U.S. Marines (USMC, U.S.M.C., Marine Corps) of the 1st Infantry Battalion marching in formation along streets of New York City, New York, rifles shoulderbound. TLS U.S. Marines marching in formation w/ rifles shoulderbound, passing Optimo cigar shop and assembled spectators. TLS crowd of civilians standing, applauding. Great MS U.S. Marines (one African-American, the rest white) marching sharp column left. TLS U.S. Women Marines marching in white dress uniforms, taking column left. Panning MS crowd of civilian men (black, white, Hispanic, various ages) applauding, smiling. Panning TLS 1st Infantry Battalion Marine Band marching outside Pennsylvania Station, holding instruments (not performing). Panning MS departing white male Marine walking with arm around young white woman. Great TLS young white male Marine marching with company and holding hand of toddler daughter, whose other hand is held by young white mother. VO: "The first unit of battalion-strength to be called up from any branch of the services in the metropolitan area. As these Leathernecks left for Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for reassignment to combat duty, the Marine Corps had virtually exhausted its organized reserve-strength nationally. Announced plans to call up individuals from the volunteer or inactive reserve lists. Right in step with male comrades-in-arms, a platoon of women marines attached to the battalion does a snappy column left into Pennsylvania Station. The battalion band is an integral part of the unit. Friends and relatives stayed with the departing Marines until the last possible moment. Some final goodbyes are a hurried touching of hands."
Reagan Addresses the Korean Airline Massacre
Since my return to Washington, we've held long meetings, the most recent yesterday with the congressional leadership. There was a feeling of unity in the room, and I received a number of constructive suggestions. We will continue to work with the Congress regarding our response to this massacre. As you know, we immediately made known to the world the shocking facts as honestly and completely as they came to us. We have notified the Soviets that we will not renew our bilateral agreement for cooperation in the field of transportation so long as they threaten the security of civil aviation. Since 1981 the Soviet airline Aeroflot has been denied the right to fly to the United States. We have reaffirmed that order and are examining additional steps we can take with regard to Aeroflot facilities in this country. We're cooperating with other countries to find better means to ensure the safety of civil aviation and to join us in not accepting Aeroflot as a normal member of the international civil air community unless and until the Soviets satisfy the cries of humanity for justice. I am pleased to report that Canada today suspended Aeroflot's landing and refueling privileges for 60 days. We have joined with other countries to press the International Civil Aviation Organization to investigate this crime at an urgent special session of the Council. At the same time, we're listening most carefully to private groups, both American and international, airline pilots, passenger associations, and others, who have a special interest in civil air safety. I am asking the Congress to pass a joint resolution of condemnation of this Soviet crime. We have informed the Soviets that we're suspending negotiations on several bilateral arrangements we had under consideration. Along with Korea and Japan, we called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council which began on Friday. On that first day, Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Pakistan, France, China, the United Kingdom, Zaire, New Zealand, and West Germany all joined us in denouncing the Soviet action and expressing our horror. We expect to hear from additional countries as debate resumes tomorrow. We intend to work with the 13 countries who had citizens aboard the Korean airliner to seek reparations for the families of all those who were killed. The United States will be making a claim against the Soviet Union within the next week to obtain compensation for the benefit of the victims' survivors. Such compensation is an absolute moral duty which the Soviets must assume. In the economic area in general, we're redoubling our efforts with our allies to end the flow of military and strategic items to the Soviet Union. Secretary Shultz is going to Madrid to meet with representatives of 35 countries who, for 3 years, have been negotiating an agreement having to do with, among other things, human rights. Foreign Minister Gromyko of the Soviet Union is scheduled to attend that meeting. If he does come to the meeting, Secretary Shultz is going to present him with our demands for disclosure of the facts, corrective action, and concrete assurances that such a thing will not happen again and that restitution be made. As we work with other countries to see that justice is done, the real test of our resolve is whether we have the will to remain strong, steady, and united. I believe more than ever, as evidenced by your thousands and thousands of wires and phone calls in these last few days, that we do.
Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
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Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
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Combat: The Constant Reality - Korean War
MS missiles launching, soldiers camped in snow/cold. VS close combat shots, soldier with guns, running toward camera with supplies, field combat CUs. Loading and firing weapons.