1950-1951KOREAN WAR
KOREAN WAR.
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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.
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JUNE 1950- AS DESCRIBED BY A GI WHO WAS THERE
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MONTAGE- TROOPS TRAIN CLIMBING INTO LANDING BOATS WADING INTO SHORE.
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MS- HEAD WOUND OF GI BEING TREATED BY A MEDIC MS- A GI WITH HIS WHOLE LEG BANDAGED WALKS ALONG A ROAD WITH A MEDIC.
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LS- GI CROUCHES AS HE ADVANCES UP A HILL.
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MS- A CARGO PLANE LANDING AND GIS UNLOADING SUPPLIES.
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MS- SQUADS OF GIS LINE UP AT THE PIER AND TAKE OF ALONG THE ROAD IN LONG COLUMNS PASSING BY VILLAGERS WHO WATCH.
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MONTAGE- GIS SIT ALONG THE ROAD AND WATCH PEOPLE, VACATING THEIR VILLAGE, PASS BY. MS- PAN OF EMPTY VILLAGE WITH GIS WALKING BY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
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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 |
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MS- ARTILLERY CREW DIG IN THEIR HOWITZER NEXT TO A ROAD. MS- 2 GIS SIT ON GROUND NEXT TO THEIR MACHUNEGUN AND EAT RATIONS.
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LS- A VETERAN SOUTH KOREAN PATROL WALK ALONG A ROAD.
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MONTAGE- TROOPS FIRING MORTARS AND RIFLES WHILE LYING PRONE ON GROUND. MS- A GI WALKS VERY SLOWLY AS HE ADVANCES.
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MS- MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS INTO A FIELD HOSPITAL.
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LS- SOLDIERS WEAR BRANCHES AND TWIGS ON THEIR HELMETS TO CAMOUFLAGE THEM.
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MS- GIS TRY TO MAKE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE ALONG A HILLSIDE TRYING TO REST AND SLEEP.
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MS- A SHIRTLESS GI REMOVES HIS SHOES AND SOCKS AS ANOTHER 'TAKES A SHOWER' BY SPLASHUNG HIS FACE WITH A HELMET FULL OF WATER.
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MONTAGE- SOLDIERS DIGGING DEEP FOXHOLES
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MS- SOUTH KOREAN PEASANTS CARRYING AMMO FOR THE GIS, WALK SINGLE LINE DOWN ROAD.
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LS- WOMEN, CHILDREN & OLD MEN REFUGEES WALK DOWN ROAD LUGGING THEIR BELONGINGS ON THEIR BACKS AND HEADS.
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MONTAGE- NORTH KOREAN REDS WHO WERE CAPTURED TRYING TO INFILTRATE WITH THE REFUGEES, SIT SOLEMNLY ON GROUND WAITING TO BE INTERROGATED.
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MS- INFILTRATORS SIT ON GROUND WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS. GI STANDS OVER THEM WITH HIS RIFLE
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MS- ARTILLERYMAN SHOVES A SHELL INTO THE CANNON AND FIRES, FOLLOWED BY A BARRAGE OF OTHER CANNON
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MS- GENERALS WALKER AND DEAN STUDY MAPS AT THE FRONT AS THEY PLAN THE HOLDING ACTION WHILE SUPPLIES AND REINFORCEMENT ARRIVED.
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LS- LOADS OF SUPPLIES BEING UNLOADED ON PIER FROM THE SHIPS, INCLUDING HUGE CRATES,TANKS AND TRUCKS.
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MS- (PAN) GIS SITTING IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS AT THE PIER WAIT TO MOVE OUT.
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JEEPS PULLING ARTILLERY AND WEAPONS CARRIERS ROLL ONTO AN LST VIA A RAMP. LS- A LONG CARAVAN OF VEHICLES WAIT TO LOAD ONTO LANDING CRAFT.
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MS- GIS PILE UP SHELLS FOR THE ARTILLERYMEN WHO LOAD AND FIRE REPEATEDLY
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LS- HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISED FROM BRIDGE OVER PROM RIVER WHICH WAS BOMBED IN EFFORT TO DELAY REDS.
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MS- WOUNDED GIS ARE LOADED IN AMBULANCES BY MEDICS AND EVACUATED BY PLANE.
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LS- UNITS OF THE 25TH AND 1ST CAVALRY DIVISIONS ARRIVE WITH THEIR WEAPONS AND VEHICLES ON A LONG COLUMN OF RAILROAD FLAT CARS. MS- THE GIS CAREFULLY UNLOAD THE TRAINS.
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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. |
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MS- A TANK TAKES A POSITION ON A HILL AND FIRES ACROSS A RIDGE AT THE HIDDEN ENEMY.
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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.
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LS- TANKS TRY TO PUSH DOWN STREETS OF TAEJONG AND ARE REPELLED BY THE REDS MS- A TRUCK BACKS UP AFTER TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.
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MS- GENERAL JAMES DEAN STANDS WITH HANDS ON HIPS AS HIS TANKS SIT IDLE. TAEJONG IS SURROUNDED.
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MONTAGE- GENERAL DEAN STAYS BEHIND AS HE ORDERS HIS TROOPS TO BREAK OUT OF TRAP.HE IS LATER CAPTURED.
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LS- TELEPHONE POLE LEANS ACROSS THE ROAD. LS-JEEP WITH DEAD GI SLUMPED BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT.
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LS- (PAN) RUINS OF THE TOWN OF TAEJONG.
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LS- GI WHO STAYED BEHIND,DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND FIRES HIS HAND HELD MACHINE-GUN.
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CU- A GI SCREWS THE FIRING PIN ONTO A SHELL
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MONTAGE- MORTARMEN LOAD THEIR MORTAR AND FIRE, ARTILLERY MEN LOAD THEIR CANNONS AND FIRE. SCENE IS REPEATED OVER AND OVER.
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CU- GI SITS ON THE GROUND AND SPOONS HIS FOOD FROM HIS METAL DISH OTHERS LOUNGE AROUND AND REST
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MS- A PATROL WALKS DOWN A RUGGED HILL IN SINGLE LINE, CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS.
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MS- EXHAUSTED GIS STOP AND REST CU- WEARY LOOKING GI DEJECTEDLY LOOKS TO MOUNTAINS AHEAD.
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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 |
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LS- RETREATING GIS PLANT MINES IN ROADS.
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LS- GIS PLACE TNT ON BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE AS OTHERS PLANT MINES ON APPROACH TO BRIDGE. MS- A GI SITS ON A BOX OF TNT.
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2 GIS PLANT TNT ON A RAILROAD TRACK.
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MONTAGE- GIS FIRE RIFLES FROM BEHIND BARRICADES TO HOLD BACK ADVANCING REDS.
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LS- BRIDGE ACROSS THE NAKTONG RIVER. AERIAL-
(PAN) THE NAKTONG RIVER AND ITS BRIDGES. MS- ARTILLERY PIEE FIRES ROUNDS ACROSS RIVER AT ENEMY |
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AERIAL- PLANES BOMB ENEMY TRAFFIC ON ROADS, AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERAS.
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MS- GIS DIG FOXHOLES AS THEY FINALLY SET UP LINE OF DEFENSE AROUND THE BEACHHEAD OF PUSAN.
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CU- GIS SIT AND READ THE HEADLINES AND COMIC STRIPS IN THE 'STARS AND STRIPES' GI NEWSPAPER
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MS- CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES AS GIS READ THE BIBLE
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MS- A WHITE OFFICER HANDS HIS BINOCULARS TO A BLACK OFFICER WHO PEERS THROUGH THEM.
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MS- GIS STRING BARBED WIRE IN HIGH BRUSH.
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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 |
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MONTAGE- SOLDIERS LIE PRONE ON A HILLTOP AND SHOOT DOWN ON THE ENEMY WITH RIFLES AND
MACHINE GUNS. |
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MS- GI STUMBLES DOWN A HILL HOLDING HIS WOUNDED WOUNDED.
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MS- A WOUNDED GI LEANS ON HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER AS HE TRYS TO WALK WITH HIS WOUNDED LEG.
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MS- VERY WEARY GIS STAGGER DOWN A ROAD ONE IS CARRIED PIGGY-BACK ATOP HIS BUDDY'S SHOULDER.
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