RETREAT, WEST CENTRAL KOREA ; LT GEN JAMES A VAN FLEET VISITING GREEKS, SEOUL, KOREA Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8854-1 ADC 8854 SOURCE: AFCF (A=2963) Card 1 of 2 RG 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 578 ea Silent Accession III-NAV-210 RETREAT West Central Korea - Proj 50-185 - 28 April 51 CU, little boy refugee wearing oversize shoes slogs through mud. Refugees, men, women and children make their way along muddy road. A family with makeshift cart. The husband and wife manage to smile as the cart bogs down in the mud. They finally pull it free. FS, little girl leading a little boy by the hand. MS, blind grandmother holds shoulder of a little girl as she follows. FS, blind woman's face. CU, blind woman holding onto coat of little girl leading her. MLS, woman and child pushing cart stuck in mud. MLS, long line of refugees making their way along Han R Bank near destroyed bridge. Pan Shot, thousands of refugees on the banks waiting to cross. Trucks, jeeps with troops, withdrawing; in some scenes, Burning bldgs. They are withdrawing to the final defense line between Seoul and Uijongbu. VS, Cav Engrs lay a antitank mine field. CU, mine in hole. Men digging holes. Sgt fuzing a mine. Lt, wearing a lst Cav Div patch, covering mine with dirt. Two Engrs unroll barbed wire. A man hammering in stake. Barbed wire is put into slot on the metal stake. RV, men string barbed wire. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr Signal Corps 111 ADC 8854-2 ADC 8854 SOURCE: AFCF (A-2963) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP, 578 ea Silent RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 LT GEN JAMES A VAN FLEET VISITING GREEKS Seoul, Korea - 29 April 51 Lt Gen James A Van Fleet at Greek CP with Lt Gen Frank W Milburn and Maj Gen Charles D Palmer, CG, of 1st Div. They greet Col Daskolopoulis, Comd, Greek Forces. Van Fleet reviews Honor Guard. Shakes hands with officers. Gen Van Fleet smilingly accepts a hardboiled egg from Greek officer. CU, Gen Frank Milburn. Van Fleet salutes, takes his farewell, leaves with aide. CU, Col Daskolopoulis. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE, LIC 1, NY ERBS/kfr

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities