Korean War Stories
Korean War Stories
Various stories regarding the Korea War: commendation of RoK officer; consecration of war dead in temporary graveyard; U.S. Army Airborne Rangers in training, getting ready for deployment: MSs white male U.S. Army lieutenant pinning U.S. Army captain's bars on military tunic lapels of Republic of Korea (RoK, South Korea) Army Captain Soo Wong Jung; the men shake hands, smile, the lieutenant offering a friendly salute; U.S. & RoK Army soldiers in combat gear stand in background during field ceremony. Cut to TLS/MSs battle-weary soldiers of Republic of Korea Army company marching in two columns along opposite sides of country road, soldiers carrying weapons including a Browning Model 1917A1 heavy machine gun and tripod. LS field artillery (howitzers) firing from valley; LS smoke simmering from mountain. VO: "... battle honors are awarded one of our Korean allies. Capt. Soo Wong Jung receives the bars & insignia of an American Army Captain, symbolic of true unity in our common cause. To the north, RoK units met vicious enemy thrusts at Po Hang, second-best port on the U.N. beachhead. Action in this sector saw massive enemy forces--" TLSs white male U.S. Army soldiers walking through temporary cemetery for fallen comrades at military outpost in Korea, American flag flying from flagpole; MSs U.S. Army soldier kneeling beside small white grave marker, reading name; TLS/MSs white male U.S. Army chaplain reading prayer, presiding over fresh graves, consecrating & blessing the earth -- note the gravediggers standing by open graves in BG, and also note that they are local Korean men; TLS U.S. soldiers standing w/ heads bowed reverently. Note the Korean buildings, architecture in BG of most shots. VO: "The cost of war, whether in victory or in defeat. This bit of South Korea is American soil today, consecrated as temporary resting place for GIs fallen in battle." Newsreel of U.S. Army Airborne Rangers of the 1st Ranger Company training, preparing for deployment to Korea. MS white male U.S. Army Rangers Staff Sergeant removing paratrooper gear in field. CU white male U.S. Army Ranger having greasepaint applied to face for camouflage purposes; MS U.S. Army Ranger corporal in combat gear camouflaged behind tree branch, then emerging with M3A1 submachine gun in hand. Panning MS African-American male U.S. Army Ranger corporal walking through field, using radio communications backpack, holding M1 carbine rifle. Great MS white male U.S. Army Ranger corporal firing M3A1 (burp gun) submachine gun. MSs U.S. Army Rangers walking through field, firing M1 carbine rifle and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) 1918A2. TLS white & black male U.S. Army Rangers smoking cigarettes, standing when flag-bearing sarge enters frame. VO: "After landing, they leave no trace of their presence. Note the variety of weapons: carbines, burp guns, Garand rifles, DARs. Rangers may soon be shipped to Korea where men skilled at infiltrating--"