"STRAC FOURTH"
OPERATING UNDER NATO, THE STRAC
FOURTH ASSUMES MAJOR SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD
CONCLUDES WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THIS FAMED UNIT'S
PRESENT FORCE.
-AUDIE MURPHY REVIEWS THE FAR-FLUNG NATO
INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND VISITS WHITE
SANDS MISSILE RANGE ACCOMPANIED BY LT. GENERAL
ARTHUR G. TRUDEAU, FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT.
-ROLE OF THE ARMOR - AUTHENTIC COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM
WWII AND KOREA IS USED TO DEPICT THE GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT OF ARMOR FROM IT'S EARLIEST BEGINNING
TO IT'S ALL-IMPORTANT ROLE IN TODAY'S ARMY.

MS- ENTRANCE TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON STATE THE
HOME OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

MS- OFFICER BRIEFS HIS MEN IN THE FIELD THEN THEY
RUN AND CLIMB INTO ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS

MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES RECOILLESS RIFLES
AND MORTARS. LS- HELICOPTERS LAND AND STRAC TROOPS
POUR OUT ACROSS THE GRASSY FIELD.

MS- THOUSANDS OF TROOPS MINGLE CLOSE TOGETHER
WAITING SHIPMENT TO THE FRONT. VINTAGE TRUCKS
TIGHTLY PACKED WITH DOUGHBOYS RIDE TO FRONT IN
WWI.

MONTAGE- AS CANNONS FIRE NAMES OF BATTLE GROUNDS
FOR THE 4TH APPEAR ON SCREEN. THE MARNE, CHATEAU
THIERRY, ST. MIHIEL, VERDUN AND THE ARGONNE FOREST.

MONTAGE- YOUNG SERIOUS FACES OF GERMAN TROOPS
JUST PRIOR TO WWII. MS- GERMAN PARATROOPS JUMP
FROM PLANE OVER POLAND.

MS- GERMAN TROOPS LED BY MOUNTED SOLDIERS MARCH
UNDER THE ARCH DE TRIOMPE IN PARIS.

LS- GIS JUMP OFF PLATFORMS TO THE GROUND AND
CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS FROM A HIGH BUILDING IN
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT TRAINING.

MS- A GI THROWS HIMSELF ACROSS A BARBED WIRE
BARRICADE USING HIS BODY FOR THE MEN TO RUN OVER.

MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION BOARD
TRANSPORT SHIPS FOR THE INVASION ON D-DAY

MONTAGE GIS RUN THROUGH SMOLDERING DEBRIS OF
BUILDINGS IN CHERBOURGH IN HOUSE TO HOUSE COMBAT

MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH BATTLE THROUGH THE
INFAMOUS HEDGEROWS OF THE FRENCH FARMLANDS.

LS- A FRENCH WOMAN USES A BIG POLE TO KNOCK DOWN
A GERMAN SIGN ON A BUILDING. MAN CLIMBS A LADDER
TO MOUNT A FRENCH FLAG ON A BUILDING

MONTAGE- PARISIANS CHEER IN THE STREETS.

LS- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION CROWD THE DECKS OF
A TROOP TRANSPORT AS THEY ARRIVE HOME.

MS- A MAN FISHING IN A STREAM.

LS- TROOPS OF THE REACTIVATED 4TH WALK DOWN
GANGPLANK FROM A TROOPSHIP AT A EUROPEAN PORT.

MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT RIDE OUT OF THE UNDERSIDE
OF A LANDING SHIP-DOCK AND SPEED TO THE SHORE.
LS- A SMOKING MAKING CRAFT COVERS THE LANDING
BOATS WITH A THICK SMOKE SCREEN.

MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES AN IMPRESSIVE
ARRAY OF WEAPONS INCLUDING, MORTARS, SELF-PROPELLED
ARTILLERY 'HONEST JOHN' ROCKETS, RECOILLESS RIFLES
AND TANKS