NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE HUMAN SIDE OF THE GI AS
SHOWN WHEN ARMY WAS ASSIGNED OPERATION 'MERCY'.

CU- A FREEDOM FIGHTER CARRIES HIS SMALL DAUGHTER
WITH A PACIFIER IN HER MOUTH.

MS- TV ANTENNA ON THE CHRYSLER BUILDING AND ONE
SEEN ON AN APARTMENT HOUSE.

MONTAGE- FREEDOM FIGHTERS FIRING RIFLES IN THE
STREETS OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY. RUSSIAN TANKS MOVE
IN

LS- RIOTING PEOPLE THROW OFFICE FURNITURE AND
PAPERS OUT THE WINDOWS OF COMMUNIST PARTY
HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS AND BURN IT IN THE STREET.

MONTAGE- SHATTERED BUILDINGS, CRUSHED TROLLEY CAR
AND DAMAGED RUSSIAN ARMORED VEHICLES FOLLOWING
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS REVOLT IN BUDAPEST.

LS- RUSSIAN TANKS ROLL DOWN THE STREETS OF
BUDAPEST TO PUT DOWN THE UPRISING.

LS- ENTRANCE AND SIGN AT CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY
WHERE THE OLD BARRACKS ARE CLEANED.

MS- A DENTIST TESTS HIS DRILL AND GIS FILL THE
PHARMACY SHELVES WITH DRUGS FOR THE NEW GUESTS
MS- NURSE MAKES A BED IN CAMP HOSPITAL AND RED
CROSS WORKERS FILL COMFORT BAGS FOR THE REFUGEES

MONTAGE- HUNGARIANS BOAD SHIP TO AMERICA AT
BREMEHAVEN, GERMANY. A MAN AND HIS SON POSE WITH
TAGS ON THEIR LAPELS.

LS- REFUGEES WAVE GOODBYE AS THE SHIP LEAVES THE
PIER. CU- A SMILING WOMAN PEERS OUT OF A PORTHOLE

MS- A PIANO PLAYER PLAYS AND A GROUP OF MEN SING
MS- PEOPLE ON DECK WATCH THE COAST OF EUROPE
DISAPPEAR. MONTAGE- THE SEA GETS ROUGH AND THE
PEOPLE ON DECK ARE TOSSED ABOUT.

MONTAGE- OFFFICIALS AND CROWDS GREET THE
HUNGARIANS AT A BROOKLYN PIER. BUSES ARE LOADED
FOR TRIP TO CAMP KILMER.

MONTAGE- DOCTORS EXAMINE THE REFUGEES AND NURSES
GIVE KIDS SHOTS. THE REFUGEES ARE INTERVIEWED AND
FINGERPRINTED BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.

MS- A GI TRANSLATES A HUNGARIAN MAN'S RESPONSE TO
QUESTIONS FROM AN IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL

MONTAGE- HUNGARIANS AWAITING TRANSFER TO U.S. ON
CHOW LINE IN AUSTRIA. MS- A LITTLE BOY PICKS UP
AN ORANGE THAT ROLLS ON THE FLOOR

MS- VICE PRESIDENT NIXON VISITS AND CHATS WITH
THE REFUGEES IN AUSTRIA. ON HIS RETURN BACK TO THE
U.S. ALL EMPTY SPACES ON HIS PLANE WERE ALLOTED TO
REFUGEES. NIXON GREETS THEM ABOARD.

MS- A REFUGEE SITS IN LIBRARY AND READS A
HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER. MS- 2 REFUGEE MEN
PLAY A GAME OF CHESS.

MS- A HUNGARIAN WOMAN IS GIVEN POINTERS ON A
SEWING MACHINE BY RED CROSS VOLUNTEER.