PATROL ACTION, HAMHUNG, KOREA Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8589-1 ADC 8589 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2710) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH E APC MP, 511' ea Silent RG 111 Accession III_NAV_210 PATROL ACTION Hamhung, Korea (Proj 50-185) 6 Dec 50 (Note: Two platoons of "L" Co, 3rd Bn, 7th RCT, 3rd Div, moving out from Masangdong in an attempt to reach and remove a convoy of Marine Corps trucks that were ambushed this morning.) CU, "Bloody Burp" on truck. LS, men in trucks as they move down road. MS, M-19, twin 40mm gun, motor carriage stands in road. RV, men climb aboard truck and truck pulling out. The men getting out of truck. (Note: There are some ROKs in this outfit.) Man at machine gun, another man standing in back of him with machine gun belt around his neck - no firing. MS Follow, an M-16, multiple gun motor carriage moves past, R to L. Men advancing wearily along roadway, moving away from camera, following jeep. Another RV, the patrol moving up. MS, the patrol, including ROKs, moving toward and to left of camera. MS, two men wearing MP brassards setting up MG. CU, man speaking into handie=talkie. Men standing at side of road. To the left, a jeep mounted with 50 cal MG. Gunner is on the alert. Patrol moving along roadway following jeep. MS RV, few of the men walking away from camera; one man is carrying a 2.36 rocket launcher ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr signal Corps 111 ADC 8589-2 ADC 8589 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2710) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH E APC MP, 511 ea Silent RG 111 Accession III_NAV_210 PATROL ACTION (CONT'D) Hamhung, Korea (Proj 50-185) 6 Dec 50 (CONT'D) RV, of the patrol moving up on foot. A M-16 moves through the center of road. H FS, man comes down embankment and up on other side. The patrol following truck. Men passing two of the trucks in the ambushed convoy. Three of the drivers of the ambushed convoy coming out on road. LS, showing hill partly covered with smoke. MS, MLS, the multiple machine guns on M=16 being fired. The men lay down protective screen. Group of men taking cover behind truck on roadway. LS, men seeking protection behind vehicle. Men carrying machine guns running toward camera to take cover behind vehicle. Two men with rifles, one in sitting position looking up, the other one nearer the camera raises his rifle and fires it. M-16 backing up. Men are at machine guns. Two men taking cover behind M=16 as it backs up. A man bringing in Army still photographer (Thompson) who was wounded in the leg. Man kneeling behind rock and shouting to someone off screen. Patrol vehicles on road. The men taking cover behind vehicles it is dusk. Vehicles lights are on. Men in ditch firing over embankment, then truning and running toward camera. RV, as vehicles make their way along road. The men in the vehicles are firing into side of embankment. Other men on foot are taking cover alongside vehicles. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, N Y ERBS/kfr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities