NARRATOR. CAPTAIN CARL ZIMMERMAN TELLS OF FIRST
40 DAYS OF THE KOREAN WAR WHERE UN FORCES, GREATLY
OUT NUMBERED HELD ON TO A SMALL REMAINING SECTION
OF THE PUSAN PENINSULA AS REINFORCEMENTS OF
TROOPS AND SUPPLIES POUR IN.

MONTAGE- TROOPS TRAIN CLIMBING INTO LANDING BOATS
WADING INTO SHORE.

LS- GI CROUCHES AS HE ADVANCES UP A HILL.

MS- SQUADS OF GIS LINE UP AT THE PIER AND TAKE OF
ALONG THE ROAD IN LONG COLUMNS PASSING BY
VILLAGERS WHO WATCH.

CU- GI SHOVEL DIGGING INTO THE MUDDY GROUND. MS-
GIS DIGGING FOXHOLES ON SIDE OF HILL. CU- A
MACHINE GUN WITH AMMO BELT LIES NEARBY

LS- A VETERAN SOUTH KOREAN PATROL WALK ALONG A
ROAD.

MS- MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS INTO A
FIELD HOSPITAL.

MS- GIS TRY TO MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE ALONG
A HILLSIDE TRYING TO REST AND SLEEP.

MONTAGE- SOLDIERS DIGGING DEEP FOXHOLES

LS- WOMEN, CHILDREN & OLD MEN REFUGEES WALK DOWN
ROAD LUGGING THEIR BELONGINGS ON THEIR BACKS AND
HEADS.

MS- INFILTRATORS SIT ON GROUND WITH THEIR HANDS
ON THEIR HEADS. GI STANDS OVER THEM WITH HIS RIFLE

MS- GENERALS WALKER AND DEAN STUDY MAPS AT THE
FRONT AS THEY PLAN THE HOLDING ACTION WHILE
SUPPLIES AND REINFORCEMENT ARRIVED.

MS- (PAN) GIS SITTING IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS AT THE
PIER WAIT TO MOVE OUT.

MS- GIS PILE UP SHELLS FOR THE ARTILLERYMEN WHO
LOAD AND FIRE REPEATEDLY

MS- WOUNDED GIS ARE LOADED IN AMBULANCES BY
MEDICS AND EVACUATED BY PLANE.

MONTAGE- NEWLY ARRIVED TANKS SPEED DOWN A ROAD TO
THE FRONT. MS- A GI GUIDES A TANK INTO A WOODED
POSITION. MS- TANKMEN CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE
TANK'S PARTS.

LS- SMOKE RISES FROM THE TOWN OF TAEJONG SEEN IN
THE DISTANCE. MONTAGE- GIS FIRE FROM BEHIND A
BUILDING IN THE STREETS OF TAEJON WHERE THEY WERE
TRAPPED BY THOUSANDS OF NORTH KOREANS.

MS- GENERAL JAMES DEAN STANDS WITH HANDS ON HIPS
AS HIS TANKS SIT IDLE. TAEJONG IS SURROUNDED.

LS- TELEPHONE POLE LEANS ACROSS THE ROAD. LS-JEEP
WITH DEAD GI SLUMPED BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT.

LS- GI WHO STAYED BEHIND,DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND
FIRES HIS HAND HELD MACHINE-GUN.

MONTAGE- MORTARMEN LOAD THEIR MORTAR AND FIRE,
ARTILLERY MEN LOAD THEIR CANNONS AND FIRE. SCENE
IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER.

MS- A PATROL WALKS DOWN A RUGGED HILL IN SINGLE
LINE, CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS.

MONTAGE- SHIRTLESS GIS BUILD A BRIDGE ACROSS
STREAM PLACING LARGE ROCKS IN THE STREAM BY HAND.
GIS CARRY TIMBERS AND USE SHOVELS TO REPAIR ROADS

LS- GIS PLACE TNT ON BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE AS
OTHERS PLANT MINES ON APPROACH TO BRIDGE. MS- A GI
SITS ON A BOX OF TNT.

MONTAGE- GIS FIRE RIFLES FROM BEHIND BARRICADES
TO HOLD BACK ADVANCING REDS.

AERIAL- PLANES BOMB ENEMY TRAFFIC ON ROADS, AS
SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERAS.

CU- GIS SIT AND READ THE HEADLINES AND COMIC
STRIPS IN THE 'STARS AND STRIPES' GI NEWSPAPER

MS- A WHITE OFFICER HANDS HIS BINOCULARS TO A
BLACK OFFICER WHO PEERS THROUGH THEM.

MONTAGE- TANKS AND TRUCKS FULL OF SOLDIERS MOVE
UP TO THE FRONT TO REPLACE WORN OUT GIS. MONTAGE-
HUNDREDS OF GIS RUN FORWARD ACROSS RUGGED TERRAIN

MS- GI STUMBLES DOWN A HILL HOLDING HIS WOUNDED
WOUNDED.

MS- VERY WEARY GIS STAGGER DOWN A ROAD ONE IS
CARRIED PIGGY-BACK ATOP HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER.