U.S. Army Unit Sent to Protect 8th Army Withdrawls from North Korea
U.S. Army Unit Sent to Protect 8th Army Withdrawls from North Korea
Master 1783 - Tape 1 MS U.S. Army soldier screwing together tent pole while kneeling in snow. MS two sweaty GIs stripped to long underwear digging trench in deep snow. LS/TLS/MSs weary U.S. Army infantry battalion trudging, marching along mountainous, snow-covered terrain; GIs wear heavy winter parkas, fur-lined Arctic caps with ear flaps, minimal webbing. Nice MS bleary-eyed soldier marching w/ M1919A6 light machine gun on bipod slung over shoulder. Sideview CU three tired white male GIs marching up hill. VO: "... this frozen, mountainous countryside north of Seoul, here are final scenes of the desperate attempt to check the Communist break-through. This United States infantry battalion tries to plug the hole ripped into U.N. lines by a spearhead of 100,000 Reds, rear guard action by troops outnumbered by 3 to 1, giving a chance to complete the evacuation of the South Korean capital. Only the night before the enemy had swarmed over these hills. Now this unit goes out to secure positions protecting the 8th Army withdrawal. The delaying tactics are barely enough; the enemy hordes are slowed down only temporarily." Edit. MS U.S. Army lieutenant marching up steep, snowy hill in wooded area, followed by GIs. MS U.S. Army soldier stepping out of foxhole with M1 carbine rifle in snowy wooded area VO: "... team over Hill 514, the highest ridge on the central front overlooking the Han River. Well-dug-in Chinese Communists held on for 8 days here under a continual artillery bombardment."