[explosions] this is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. I am captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army. An army committed by you the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The big picture traces the course of events in the Korean Campaign through firsthand reports of our combat veterans and film taken by cameramen of the army signal corps. These are the men who daily record on film the big picture as it happens where it happens. Today, our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. You will see our fight to hold onto the pusan perimeter. You will see air support from our carriers, the invasion, and the march on seoul. And you will hear a firsthand report from a lieutenant, the put to leader with the armys 24th infantry division. Now lets go back to august, 1950. On 10 august, after 47 days of fighting in korea
Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army, an army committed by you, the people of the United States, to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The big picture traces the course of events in the Korean Campaign through firsthand reports of combat veterans and through film taken by combat cameramen of the army signal corp. These are the men who daily were caught on film the big picture as it happens, where it happens. Today our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. Youll see our fight to hold on to the pusan perimeter. Youll see air support from our carriers, the invasion of wall knee and the march on seoul. And youll hear a firsthand report from lieutenant tom driesenstalk, platoon leader from the 24th Infantry Division. Now lets go back to august 1950. On 10 august, after 47 days of fighting in korea, the fight in the pusan beach head is ebbing and flowing for
Now, a u. S. Army film from september 1950 when u. S. Led forces in south korea were in retreat. The film shows the arrival of British Forces and the subsequent drive to retake the south korean capital of seoul. This is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together, they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain Carl Zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army, an army committed to the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The Big Picture Campaign through firsttime reports of our combat veterans and through film taken by combat cameramen of the army signal corp. These are the men who daily record on film the big picture as it happens where it happens. Today, our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. Youll see our fight to hold on to the pusan perimeter. Youll see air support from our carriers, the invasion of wally, and the march on seoul. And youll hear a firsttim
War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. I am captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army. By you themitted people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. Thebig picture traces causes and events in the korean campaign. From first and reports of our combat veterans and film taken by cameramen of the army signal corps. These are the men who daily record on film the big picture as it happens where it happens. Today are big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. You will see our fight to hold perimeter. San you you will see in her support from our carriers and the march on soul. And you will hear a firsthand report from a lieutenant, the bows to of the 24th infantry division. Go back to august, 1950. On 10 august after 47 days of fighting in korea, the tide of battle as ebbing and slowing for both sides. United nations force it forces
Died in the meuseargonne area, but there were also some civilians and other soldiers that were brought from other areas . Yes, but basically, most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne. The final result was dramatic for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Of the soldiers are buried in that cemetery. We have a few civilians, maybe we will see some graves later on. Especially nurses, people from the american red cross, ymca, some special graves we will see walking in the graveyard. The cemetery itself were graves that were consolidated from smaller cemeteries. So when soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region. And then the American Government had made the decision that they would allow families to repatriate their loved ones after the war. So about 60 70 of the families brought their bodies back to the u. S. The other roughly 30 remained behind, and they were brought to the cemeteries that were n