KOREAN WAR, ANYANG, KOREA ; KOREAN WAR, GEN MATTHEW B RIDGWAY AT THE FRONT, INCHON Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8694-1 ADC 8694 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2828) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 620 ea Silent KOREAN WAR Anyang, Korea; 7 Feb 51 Proj 50-185 LS across field, black smoke rising. Caption says, "from ammunition train which has been blown up by our mortar shells". In the fg, few soldiers along broken masonry wall. White phosphorous shell exploding on mountaintop. Several men against wall in fg. Some men, Co "A", of the Inf, advancing across field. Two men behind wall, one, aiming rifle. Men, Co "A" crossing field. One man carrying 57mm recoilless rifle. RV, man running across field. LS, smoke moving up from behind shack on embankment. Sherman tank passing through opening in concertina barbed wire entanglements. MLS, crew firing an 8-inch howitzer (17th Field Arty). Man loading charge, breech door is closed and piece fired. CU, RV, breechblock is opened. Looking down bore of howitzer, then another shot looking through bore from breech. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY ERS/ew Signal Corps 111 ADC 3694-2 ADC 8694 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2828) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 620 ea Silent KOREAN WAR (CONT'D) GEN MATTHEW B RIDGWAY AT THE FRONT Inchon; 7 Feb 51 Officers, 1st Bn, 21st Inf Regt, 24th Div, checking map on jeep hood outside their CP. Lt Gen Ridgway, 8th Army CG, arrives in jeep. The general standing in front of jeep. Behind him, Brig Gen John Bryan, CG, 24th Div, and other officers. A soldier pointing out locations on map as the general watches, asks questions. General looking over shoulders of another man checking map. Gen Bryan to right. The two generals and staff going up hill to observe situation. Ridgway, Bryan, and other officers, as they watch from hilltop. In the shot, the general has his hat off. Ridgway, followed by the others, including Bryan, coming up hill. He stops alongside of wounded Chinese prisoner on litter. Back at the 1st Bn CP, Ridgway puts on his coat and then the harness which holds the grenades, climbs into jeep, salutes as jeep pulls away. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY ERS/ew

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities