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"THE BIG RED ONE"
STORY OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN WWII, PLUS
STORY OF COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE. THE BLUE BADGE
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NARRATOR SGT. JAMES MANFIELD TELLS THE STORY OF
THE COMBAT INFANTRY MAN FROM ITS CONCEPTION IN
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR THROUGH KOREA.

MS- FAMOUS STATUE OF THE MINUTEMAN THE 1ST COMBAT
INFANTRYMAN. MS- FAMOUS CONCORD BRIDGE WHERE THE
'SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD' WAS FIRED.

LS- PRESENT DAY YORKTOWNS FIELDS, BUNKER HILL AND
THE MONUMENT THERE, TICONDEROGA, NIAGARA LAKE
CHAMPLAIN AND MANHATTAN, ALL REVOLUTIONARY DAY
BATTLEFIELDS.

MS- 3 OF REMAINING CIVIL WAR OLD TIME VETERANS IN
UNION AND CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS WALK ARM-IN-ARM

LS- SMALL TOWN USA. LS- CAVALRY GALLOP THROUGH A
WOODED AREA.

MS- SOLDIERS MARCHING TOWARDS AND PASSING THE
CAMERA.

NARRATOR INTRODUCES COL. ANTHONY QUINN. A LARGE
VERSION OF THE COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE IS ON THE
WALL BEHIND HIM. MS- QUINN TELLS ABOUT THE COMBAT
INFANTRY BADGE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

MS- AN INFANTRYMAN WALKING HIS POST COMPLETE WITH
WHITE HELMET TO HIS WHITE SPATS (PAN). BECOMES A
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER FEET WALKING HIS POST
TO A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TO, A WWI SOLDIER WALKING
IN MUD.

MONTAGE- GIS TRAINING FOR WWII. ANIMATED WWII
WAR MAPS. MS- GENERAL TERRY ALLEN ON SHIP GOING
TO ENGLAND. GIS OF THE 'BIG RED ONE' CROWDED
TOGETHER ON TROOPSHIP DECK LAYING AROUND, PLAYING
WITH A BASKETBALL AND SINGING AS THEY HEAD TO
NO. AFRICA.

MS- FACES OF SCARED GIS AS THEY TAKE THEIR PLACES
IN LANDING CRAFT. MONTAGE- GIS STORM THE BEACHES.

LS- EXPLODING BOMB AS NAZI PLANES ATTACK THE
U.S. SOLDIERS WHO FIRE RIFLES AT THE DIVING PLANES

MS- GERMAN GENERAL ROMMEL IN HIS STAFF CAR
LISTENS TO HIS AIDES.

MONTAGE- FLASHES OF LIGHTS IN NIGHT AS ARTILLERY
BOMBARDMENT OPENS UP ON THE NAZI. ADVANCING TROOPS
ARE SEEN AS THE LIGHTS FLASH.

LS- GIS CLIMB THE GANGPLANK ON A TROOPSHIP WITH
THEIR GEAR, INSTEAD OF HOME THEY WENT TO INVADE
SICILY. MAP SHOWS THE INVASION.

MONTAGE- GIS GO THROUGH TRAINING IN ENGLAND FOR
THE UP-COMING INVASION. MS- GIS POP IN AND OUT OF
FLAMING WATER.

LS- GIS OF THE 1ST DIVISION HITTING THE 'OMAHA'
BEACHHEAD UNDER HEAVY NAZI FIRE SHOWING SOME
BEING HIT AND FALLING.

MS- GI GETS A HAIRCUT FROM A BUDDY AS ANOTHER
WRITES A LETTER HOME.

MONTAGE- GERMAN PRISONERS ARE WALKED TO THE REAR
BY THE THOUSANDS.

MONTAGE- HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF ARKIN
AS GIS FIGHT HOUSE TO HOUSE.

MONTAGE- GIS GET BOGGED DOWN IN HERTGIN FOREST
AS GERMAN MACHINE GUN AND ARTILLERY BOMBARD THE
U.S.FORCES. LS- AFTER THE BATTLE WEARY GIS MARCH
OUT OF THE FOREST VICTORIOUSLY.

1ST DIVISION TROOPS FIGHT IN THE SNOW AT THE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE ARDENNE FORREST AND
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN OVER THE RHINE.

SERGEANT AT DESK SPEAKS ABOUT BIG RED ONE