NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE 25TH INFANTRY
DIVISION, THE 'TROPIC LIGHTNING DIVISION', IN
KOREA. NARRATOR ALSO TELLS HOW OUR ORDANCE CORP
PROVIDES FOR THE BEST FOR OUR TROOPS IN EUROPE
WHILE GUARDING THE INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER AT THE SAME TIME.

MS- SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIER CARRIES A WOUNDED BUDDY
'PIGGY BACK' DURING INVASION BY NORTH KOREANS.
MS- A 'RAG TAG' GROUP OF SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS WALK
SINGLE LINE ON A ROAD.

LS- GIS LEAN OUT OF A WINDOW OF A PASSANGER TRAIN
ON WAY TO FRONT IN KOREA. MONTAGE- LONG COLUMNS OF
GIS HIT THE ROAD FOR THE FRONT.

MONTAGE- WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE SEA THE 24TH
DIVISION TANK INFANTRY TEAMS SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT
A 'STAND OR DIE' FIGHT ON AUGUST 1, 1950.

MONTAGE- ENDLESS COLUMNS OF 25TH DIVISION TROOPS
AND TANKS MARCH NORTH ON ROADS IN PURSUIT OF REDS
IN OPERATION 'MOP UP'.

A GI MEDIC STICKS A BUG SPRAY DOWN THE PANTS OF A
KOREAN MAN AND SPRAYS AS OTHERS WAIT IN LINE.

MS- REFUGEES ABANDONING SEOUL USE A SLED TO CARRY
THEIR BELONGINGS THROUGH THE SNOW.

MS- A GI STICKS HIS BAYONET INTO A HAY STACK
LOOKING FOR HIDING REDS. SUSPECTED CIVILIANS ARE
ASKED TO COME OUT WITH THEIR HANDS UP.

MONTAGE- AFTER HEAVY BOMBARDMENT ACROSS THE RIVER
25TH INFANTRYMEN CROSS IN SMALL BOATS AND A
PONTOON BRIDGE.

MONTAGE- INFANTRY MEN FIRE VOLLEYS WITH AUTOMATIC
WEAPONS RIFLES, MACHINE-GUNS & CANNON, REAPING A
HEAVY TOLL OF LIVES ON THE CHINESE.

MS- A HONOR GUARD FIRES INTO THE AIR AND A BUGLER
SOUNDS 'TAPS' AS THE DEAD ARE HONORED.

MONTAGE- COMMUNISTS FINALLY COME TO TALK PEACE AT
PANMONJON WHERE A TRUCE IS SIGNED AFTER 2 YEARS
OF BICKERING BY THE REDS.

MS- THE USE OF LOUDSPEAKERS AND LEAFLETS DROPPED
FROM THE AIR IS SHOWN. (LOGGED BEFORE)

MS- TURKISH TROOPS RECEIVE TRAINING IN AMERICAN
WEAPONS.

MS-THE 25TH, THE 'TROPIC LIGHTNING DIVISION' GOES
HOME TO HAWAII WHERE IT ORIGINATED. AERIAL- TROOPS
LOOK DOWN FROM THE SHIP AT HAWAIIAN GIRLS
GREETING THEM WITH A HULA DANCE.

"ORDNANCE IN EUROPE"
THE ROLE OF U.S. ORDNANCE IN EUROPE

LS- ANTI- AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRE IN SUCCESSION,
CANNONS FIRING VOLLEYS, AN OFFICER YELLING 'FIRE',
A MACHINE-GUN FIRING, A BAZOOKA FIRES AND A GI
FIRES HIS RIFLE STRAIGHT INTO THE CAMERA, ALL
REPRESENT THE WORK OF ORDINANCE IN EUROPE.

LS- THE BOEBLINGEN ORDINANCE MAINTENENCE DEPOT IN
GERMANY WITH OVER 1 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF SHOPS
TO REPAIR AND REBUILD ARMY VEHICLES. SOME OF THE
1200 WORKERS WELD, GRIND AND REBUILD USED VEHICLES

LS- A GIANT RECOVERY VEHICLE IS DRIVEN FROM THE
DEPOT TO RECOVER A DAMAGED TANK IN THE FIELD. MS-
THE TANK IS PULLED ONTO THE VEHICLE WITH CHAINS
AND WINCH, AND RETURNED TO THE DEPOT FOR REPAIR

CU- SPARKS FLY AS A WELDER WORKS ON A TANK.

MONTAGE- GERMAN WORKERS GO THROUGH THE STEP BY
STEP PROCESS OF REBUILDING THE TIRE.

MS- SPENT BRASS SHELLS ARE PACKED IN BOXES BY GIS
AND SOLD FOR IT'S BRASS.

MONTAGE- PARTS ORDERS ARE PLACED IN BASKETS AND
MOVED ON CONVEYOR BELTS.

MS- AT A TESTING CENTER THE STRENGTH OF A CABLE
IS TESTED ON A STRESS MACHINE UNTIL IT SNAPS. MS-
A BALL BEARING IS DROPPED ON A PIECE OF GLASS TO
TEST ITS SHATTERPROOF QUALITY.

MS- A PROCUREMENT OFFICER AT HIS DESK, SPEAKS TO
AND SHOWS A LOCAL MANUFACTURER A MODEL OF A TANK
AND THE PART HE WANTS MANUFACTURED. THEY SIGN A
CONTRACT.

MS- TROOPS OF ALLIED NATIONS WEARING THEIR
NATIONS UNIFORMS FILE ONTO A FIRING RANGE TO TEST
THE AMMO USED BY EACH NATION.

LS- THE LARGEST ORDINANCE SCHOOL IN EUROPE IS
MAINTAINED BY THE ARMY AT A SCENIC ALPINE TOWN IN
GERMANY ON GROUNDS OF A WWII NAZI ARMY BASE.

MS- STUDENT EXAMINE A CUT AWAY MODEL OF A JEEP.

MS- INSTRUCTOR WATCHES OVER GI STUDENTS TAKING
THE FINAL EXAMINATION. MS- THE STUDENTS CHECK
THEIR MARKS ON A BULLETIN BOARD.

NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE 1ST CAVALRY
DIVISION IN KOREA.

MS- 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS LAND ON AMPHIBIOUS
VEHICLES AND FIGHT IN JUNGLES DURING WWII. LS- GI
WALKS FORWARD IN THE THICK JUNGLE, FIRING A HEAVY
MACHINE GUN HE HOLDS IN HIS HANDS AS HE ADVANCES.

AERIAL- 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS AND TANKS MOVE INTO
THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOKYO IN SEPTEMBER 1945. THE
1ST TO ENTER TOKYO. MS- 1ST CAVALRY M.P. DIRECTS
TRAFFIC IN THAT CITY.

MS- STOIC CROWD JAPANESE PEOPLE LINE THE STREETS
AS THE 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS PARADE DOWN THE AVENUE
MS- A BAND PLAYS THE CAVALRY SONG.

LS- GI USES FLAME TROWER TO BURN DOWN STRAW HUTS.
LS- PLANES DROP NAPALM BOMBS ON ENEMY HILLTOPS
CAUSING LARGE BLACK CLOUDS AS THEY EXPLODE.

MS- A GI CARRIES A WOUNDED BUDDY ON HIS BACK.

MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE 1ST CAVALRY ADVANCE
102 MILES TO OSAN IN 21 HOURS. THE MOST RAPID
ADVANCE EVER MADE IN HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARMS.

MONTAGE- GIS UNLOAD BAGS AND CRATES OF SUPPLIES
FROM A PLANE AND ONTO TRUCKS.

MONTAGE- 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS TAKE TO THE SNOWY
ROADS IN WITHDRAWAL AS THE CHINESE ENTER THE WAR

KOREAN REFUGEES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE CLOG
THE ROADS WITH THE RETREATING TROOPS.

MS- A MONUMENT MARKS THE 3RD TIME THE 1ST
CAVALRY CROSSED THE 38TH PARALLEL SINCE THE WAR'S
BEGINNING.

MONTAGE- BODIES OF GIS ARE COLLECTED AND LINED UP
ON STRETCHERS ON 'OLD BALDY. AND DRIVEN AWAY IN
VEHICLES.