WEBVTT 00:14.740 --> 00:16.684 the last U . N . Vehicles across a 00:16.684 --> 00:18.950 bridge south of yup yang men of an 00:18.950 --> 00:21.172 engineer battalion pour gasoline on the 00:21.172 --> 00:23.510 bridge which has also been mined with 00:23.510 --> 00:24.380 TNT 00:33.040 --> 00:35.151 with the full allied power shattering 00:35.151 --> 00:37.430 their formations . The enemies planned 00:37.440 --> 00:40.660 mayday offensive is stalled before it 00:40.660 --> 00:42.210 starts . Mhm 01:01.930 --> 01:03.520 this is war 01:08.660 --> 01:10.600 war and its masses 01:14.780 --> 01:16.360 war and its men 01:22.490 --> 01:25.030 war and its machines . 01:29.950 --> 01:33.730 Together they form the big picture . 01:42.640 --> 01:44.580 Welcome to the big picture . I'm 01:44.580 --> 01:47.500 Captain Carl Zimmerman . The big 01:47.500 --> 01:49.556 picture is a report to you from your 01:49.556 --> 01:51.667 army , an army committed by you , the 01:51.667 --> 01:53.667 people of the United States to stop 01:53.667 --> 01:55.722 Communist aggression wherever it may 01:55.722 --> 01:57.750 strike . The big picture traces the 01:57.750 --> 02:00.070 course of events in the korean campaign 02:00.110 --> 02:01.999 through first hand reports of our 02:01.999 --> 02:04.670 combat veterans and through film 02:04.770 --> 02:06.680 produced by the army Signal Corps 02:06.780 --> 02:08.760 photographed by combat cameramen . 02:09.620 --> 02:11.731 These are the men who daily record on 02:11.731 --> 02:14.060 film the big picture as it happens 02:14.220 --> 02:17.000 where it happens today . The big 02:17.000 --> 02:19.270 picture shows the United Nations forces 02:19.270 --> 02:21.048 withdraw . In the face of a red 02:21.048 --> 02:23.270 offensive . You'll see the Lincoln line 02:23.270 --> 02:25.270 established , you'll see our troops 02:25.270 --> 02:28.280 hold onto that line and later break out 02:28.280 --> 02:30.730 in an air ground assault . You'll meet 02:30.730 --> 02:33.140 an army nurse , Captain molly younger 02:33.150 --> 02:35.410 of Kansas city Missouri . You'll meet 02:35.410 --> 02:37.550 an army medic , a man who served with 02:37.550 --> 02:39.606 the army's third Infantry Division , 02:39.606 --> 02:41.880 Sergeant Mike Plotnick of McAdoo 02:41.880 --> 02:45.870 pennsylvania . And now let's go back to 02:45.880 --> 02:48.470 20 April 1951 02:52.170 --> 02:55.230 during the period 20 april to 20 May . 02:55.470 --> 02:57.581 The Communists launched two phases of 02:57.581 --> 03:00.490 their expected spring offensive On 23 03:00.490 --> 03:02.980 april the reds jump off on their first 03:02.990 --> 03:06.100 phase hitting strongest above Seoul . U . 03:06.100 --> 03:08.340 N . Troops are forced to withdraw south 03:08.440 --> 03:10.680 as british and Belgian contingents hold 03:10.680 --> 03:13.020 off the communists in a spectacular 03:13.020 --> 03:16.600 rearguard engagement . A secondary 03:16.600 --> 03:19.140 action of this phase hits in the watch 03:19.140 --> 03:20.530 on reservoir area . 03:27.060 --> 03:30.460 By 30 april U . N . Forces cease their 03:30.460 --> 03:32.460 withdrawal and set up the Lincoln 03:32.460 --> 03:35.460 defense line a few miles north of Seoul 03:36.980 --> 03:39.147 in the central sector . U . N . Troops 03:39.147 --> 03:41.640 withdraw south of the Yukon river and 03:41.640 --> 03:44.240 in the east rok forces pull back to 03:44.240 --> 03:48.140 Young Young from one 03:48.140 --> 03:51.150 May to 16 May . There is only minor 03:51.150 --> 03:53.630 enemy activity as the Communists build 03:53.630 --> 03:55.950 up for the second phase and U . N . 03:55.950 --> 03:57.950 Forces recover some ground north of 03:57.950 --> 04:00.650 Seoul . U . N . Air forces strike at 04:00.660 --> 04:04.470 targets of opportunity . The second 04:04.470 --> 04:07.230 phase begins on 17 May , with the 04:07.230 --> 04:09.341 heaviest attack in the central sector 04:09.450 --> 04:12.500 southwest of in Ji and east of Chunchon . 04:12.590 --> 04:14.910 Heavy casualties are inflicted on the 04:14.910 --> 04:16.460 reds in this area . 04:18.720 --> 04:20.970 On 20 May , the U . N . Forces 04:20.970 --> 04:23.190 shortened their line north of Seoul 04:23.410 --> 04:25.410 strengthen positions in the central 04:25.410 --> 04:27.760 sector and moved to plug a gap caused 04:27.770 --> 04:30.390 by the collapse of two rok divisions 04:46.970 --> 04:49.480 in the imjin river area . Soldiers of 04:49.490 --> 04:51.860 two combat teams quickly break camp . 04:52.190 --> 04:54.134 These combat teams are composed of 04:54.134 --> 04:57.090 british Belgian Filipino and american 04:57.090 --> 04:59.400 troops . What may be the last meal for 04:59.400 --> 05:02.270 a long time is grabbed as a report has 05:02.270 --> 05:04.381 received of a large enemy force which 05:04.381 --> 05:06.930 has crossed the nearby Imjin . These U . 05:06.930 --> 05:08.708 N troops start their withdrawal 05:08.740 --> 05:11.720 according to plan mortars blast at the 05:11.720 --> 05:13.887 approaching reds who threatened to cut 05:13.887 --> 05:15.164 off the combat teams . 05:25.180 --> 05:27.490 The withdrawal starts south down the 05:27.490 --> 05:29.660 main highway that passes through we 05:29.660 --> 05:32.650 john Bew to soul hit by an enemy shell . 05:32.650 --> 05:34.830 This U . N . Truck tractor burns 05:39.130 --> 05:41.370 due to machine gun and mortar fire from 05:41.380 --> 05:43.650 infiltrated enemy troops . The convoy 05:43.650 --> 05:46.680 halts , men take cover and wait until 05:46.680 --> 05:48.230 the way has been cleared . 05:54.260 --> 05:57.620 The long convoy moves southward again 05:57.620 --> 05:59.731 with its cargo of men and equipment . 06:00.130 --> 06:02.280 The Communist offensive was expected 06:02.290 --> 06:04.670 and nothing of use is left behind . 06:11.550 --> 06:13.610 En route . Battalion commanders 06:13.610 --> 06:16.490 discussed the situation and we john bew 06:16.500 --> 06:18.560 a sign happily states the result of 06:18.560 --> 06:21.020 war's devastation on the town , tanks 06:21.020 --> 06:23.076 and trucks race through the battered 06:23.076 --> 06:25.076 town to pick up units of the combat 06:25.076 --> 06:27.180 team which are redeployed in new 06:27.180 --> 06:31.110 defense line south of we john Bew later 06:31.110 --> 06:33.300 a battalion of infantry plods wearily 06:33.300 --> 06:35.260 through the rice paddies . After 06:35.260 --> 06:37.316 fighting off the chinese all through 06:37.316 --> 06:39.371 the night , they slogged through the 06:39.371 --> 06:41.704 pelting rain to new defensive positions . 06:41.704 --> 06:44.038 Their fatigue is apparent in every step . 06:47.930 --> 06:49.930 A little more water doesn't seem to 06:49.930 --> 06:51.986 matter much as they wade . A swollen 06:51.986 --> 06:52.986 stream . 06:57.180 --> 06:59.370 Full advantage has taken up the chance 06:59.370 --> 07:01.720 for a short rest before fighting off 07:01.720 --> 07:03.130 the reds . Again 07:05.770 --> 07:08.030 rain soaked troops hold rear guard 07:08.030 --> 07:10.030 positions covering the withdrawal . 07:10.290 --> 07:12.401 This is the third major red offensive 07:12.401 --> 07:14.450 of the conflict . The first was the 07:14.450 --> 07:16.617 initial north korean aggression . Last 07:16.617 --> 07:19.150 june and the second , the full scale 07:19.150 --> 07:21.372 intervention of the chinese communist . 07:21.372 --> 07:22.440 On 26 november , 07:25.970 --> 07:29.360 Our 1 55 blasts evacuated . We John Bew 07:40.110 --> 07:42.660 withdrawal continues as U . N . 07:42.670 --> 07:44.740 Firepower takes a terrible toll of 07:44.750 --> 07:47.820 chinese . Further south , nearing Seoul 07:48.010 --> 07:49.954 the last U . N . Vehicles across a 07:49.954 --> 07:53.540 bridge south of yup yang men of an 07:53.540 --> 07:55.762 engineer battalion pour gasoline on the 07:55.762 --> 07:58.090 bridge which has also been mined with 07:58.090 --> 07:58.980 TNT . 08:07.520 --> 08:10.150 The bridge is destroyed . Communist 08:10.150 --> 08:12.317 human see tactics against our superior 08:12.317 --> 08:15.060 firepower is costing them dearly for 08:15.060 --> 08:16.504 each mile they advanced . 08:19.650 --> 08:22.810 This was Korea in April and May of 1951 . 08:23.840 --> 08:25.618 A bit later we'll return to the 08:25.618 --> 08:28.270 riflemen in action . But first we want 08:28.270 --> 08:30.437 you to meet an army nurse who saw duty 08:30.437 --> 08:33.290 in Korea . She's captain molly younger 08:33.400 --> 08:36.230 of Kansas city , Missouri and molly 08:36.230 --> 08:38.452 served with a frontline surgical team . 08:39.510 --> 08:41.677 Now , how did this team operate ? What 08:41.677 --> 08:43.670 did it do ? The eight oh 76 mobile 08:43.670 --> 08:47.620 surgical unit activated in july sent to 08:47.620 --> 08:50.200 Korea and assigned to the 24th Division . 08:50.950 --> 08:52.980 And there they were about 10 to 18 08:52.980 --> 08:56.200 miles below the clearing company . 08:57.370 --> 08:59.600 The first aid men picked up the 08:59.600 --> 09:02.470 casualties , gave him first aid sent 09:02.470 --> 09:04.660 him to the clearing company from the 09:04.660 --> 09:07.020 clearing company were sent to our unit , 09:07.380 --> 09:09.590 the mobile surgical unit for further 09:09.590 --> 09:11.590 treatment . Now , this is the first 09:11.590 --> 09:14.550 time that wounded soldier was given 09:14.800 --> 09:16.856 definitive treatment . This close to 09:16.856 --> 09:18.800 the front . Is that right ? That's 09:18.800 --> 09:20.967 right . It certainly must have saved a 09:20.967 --> 09:23.960 lot of lives . Yes , it did . And after 09:23.960 --> 09:26.800 the treatment at our hospital , they 09:26.800 --> 09:30.530 were evacuated by trained helicopters , 09:30.530 --> 09:34.050 ambulances to the EVAC hospital , which 09:34.050 --> 09:37.530 was at that time . And they were sent 09:37.540 --> 09:41.390 to Japan and to the States . How 09:41.390 --> 09:43.501 many months were you in Korea molly ? 09:43.501 --> 09:45.723 Six months . Certainly in that time you 09:45.723 --> 09:48.001 moved around a great deal , didn't you ? 09:48.001 --> 09:50.168 How did you get around ? Well , we had 09:50.430 --> 09:54.270 32 vehicles assigned to the unit and 09:54.280 --> 09:57.560 most of our trips was by convoy . How 09:57.560 --> 09:59.727 many of those were ambulances ? Well , 09:59.727 --> 10:01.838 we had 18 ambulance , 14 ambulances . 10:02.640 --> 10:05.280 How about the weather in Korea ? Saw a 10:05.280 --> 10:07.430 lot of different temperatures . Yes . 10:07.430 --> 10:09.597 In the beginning it was a little hot . 10:09.597 --> 10:11.541 Of course , we didn't have time to 10:11.541 --> 10:14.090 think about the heat at that time . And 10:14.100 --> 10:16.020 later on though it it's getting a 10:16.020 --> 10:18.360 little bit cold . It'll be too cold for 10:18.360 --> 10:20.249 some of us . But we remedied that 10:20.249 --> 10:22.830 situation too molly . Did these extreme 10:22.830 --> 10:25.350 temperatures hurt your operations any ? 10:26.370 --> 10:29.650 Well , the heat wasn't didn't hinder 10:29.650 --> 10:33.610 anything but the cold due to 10:33.610 --> 10:36.440 the fact that the were set up in tents 10:36.440 --> 10:38.773 in these buildings that were not heated . 10:38.773 --> 10:40.773 We did have some oil stoves that we 10:40.800 --> 10:43.540 tried to set up and work under those 10:43.540 --> 10:46.370 conditions for molly . When did the 10:46.370 --> 10:48.481 surgical team see its roughest action 10:48.481 --> 10:50.648 in Korea . Well , I'd say right in the 10:50.648 --> 10:53.490 beginning , In July August and 10:53.490 --> 10:56.400 September when we sustained a lot of 10:56.400 --> 10:58.950 losses , didn't we ? Yes . And there 10:58.950 --> 11:01.320 were long hours of duty for all of us . 11:01.670 --> 11:04.610 We worked from 18 to 24 hours , 36 11:04.610 --> 11:06.721 hours around the clock . This was the 11:06.721 --> 11:08.790 whole crew . The entire crew stayed 11:08.790 --> 11:11.400 down . How many operations could you do 11:11.400 --> 11:13.960 it one time ? Well , our first set up 11:13.960 --> 11:16.230 there , we had we could make good use 11:16.230 --> 11:18.286 of our six tables with six operating 11:18.286 --> 11:21.830 room tables and they were in full swing 11:21.830 --> 11:24.870 at all times . And patients were taken 11:24.870 --> 11:27.630 care of as soon as they came in and we 11:27.630 --> 11:29.760 had three you Nesta's and some of us 11:30.060 --> 11:32.227 could hold down two or three tables at 11:32.227 --> 11:34.060 a time . That was your job . You 11:34.060 --> 11:36.282 handled the anesthesia . Right . That's 11:36.282 --> 11:38.338 right . Well molly . Certainly there 11:38.338 --> 11:40.393 are a lot out there . Watch a lot of 11:40.393 --> 11:42.560 girls watching this program . We would 11:42.560 --> 11:44.671 like to see become army nurses . This 11:44.671 --> 11:46.782 is your opportunity to talk to them . 11:46.920 --> 11:50.040 There they are . Yes . We need nurses . 11:50.050 --> 11:52.730 And very badly . Especially nurses with 11:52.730 --> 11:56.370 critical mos is specialties as the 11:56.380 --> 11:59.670 N . P . M . O . S . The surgical and 11:59.680 --> 12:03.610 most of all molly were asking 12:03.610 --> 12:06.440 for nurses asking these girls to join 12:06.440 --> 12:08.960 you in being an army nurse . We're not 12:08.960 --> 12:11.127 doing what the army used to do and say 12:11.190 --> 12:14.120 join and see the world . In fact , 12:14.120 --> 12:16.342 we've given them a pretty rough picture 12:16.342 --> 12:18.650 right here . But I think more important 12:18.650 --> 12:21.090 than anything else is the fact that you 12:21.090 --> 12:23.312 get a great deal of satisfaction out of 12:23.312 --> 12:25.850 your job , don't you ? Yes , we do . We 12:25.850 --> 12:28.530 save lives . And I can't think of 12:28.530 --> 12:30.586 anything more important than to save 12:30.586 --> 12:32.752 lives . Right molly We certainly can't 12:32.752 --> 12:35.550 either . Well , now you told us a few 12:35.550 --> 12:37.772 moments ago that when you receive these 12:37.772 --> 12:39.883 wounded men , the only treatment they 12:39.883 --> 12:41.939 had received was from the front line 12:41.939 --> 12:45.370 aid man . How was that treatment ? Well , 12:45.370 --> 12:48.620 it was really remarkable considering 12:48.620 --> 12:51.000 the circumstance they had applied the 12:51.000 --> 12:53.230 treatment administered the treatment . 12:53.980 --> 12:57.670 They used the improvised a lot of 12:57.670 --> 13:00.960 times the tourniquet kits and splints 13:00.960 --> 13:03.800 and use string and rope and everything 13:03.800 --> 13:06.810 else for tourniquets in fact , but they 13:06.810 --> 13:09.880 all carried their self Apax and that 13:09.880 --> 13:12.090 was the first initial treatment . Well 13:12.090 --> 13:14.201 molly a little later in our program , 13:14.201 --> 13:16.034 we're going to meet one of these 13:16.034 --> 13:18.257 medical aid men . But now let's go back 13:18.257 --> 13:20.479 to the action in Korea april and May of 13:20.479 --> 13:21.820 1951 . 13:24.940 --> 13:26.940 At the end of the first week of the 13:26.940 --> 13:28.940 Communist spring offensive , allied 13:28.940 --> 13:31.051 units withdraw to defensive positions 13:31.051 --> 13:33.650 north of Seoul in the western sector 13:33.650 --> 13:35.880 where red pressure is Heaviest trucks 13:35.880 --> 13:38.320 loaded with troops move rapidly south . 13:38.530 --> 13:40.752 U . N . Forces have broken contact with 13:40.752 --> 13:42.974 the enemy all along most of the front . 13:43.600 --> 13:45.767 As soon as defending forces have taken 13:45.767 --> 13:47.767 positions behind the Lincoln line , 13:47.767 --> 13:50.140 final line of defense between john Bew 13:50.140 --> 13:52.840 and Soul engineers plant an extensive 13:52.850 --> 13:55.760 minefield . The antitank mines are 13:55.770 --> 13:57.659 armed as the field is completed . 13:58.050 --> 14:00.580 Antipersonnel mines will also be laid 14:03.080 --> 14:05.610 to augment the minefields . Barbed wire . 14:05.610 --> 14:07.666 Entanglements are constructed by the 14:07.666 --> 14:10.320 engineers working quickly . The wire is 14:10.320 --> 14:11.876 strung and stretched taut . 14:15.110 --> 14:18.310 A 75 millimeter recoilless rifle covers 14:18.310 --> 14:20.532 the valley which the reds must cross to 14:20.532 --> 14:22.699 reach the Lincoln line observers of an 14:22.699 --> 14:24.699 rok division use this high point to 14:24.699 --> 14:27.030 advantage and keep close watch on the 14:27.030 --> 14:29.540 opposing hills . Artillery is called 14:29.550 --> 14:31.820 for to give relief to a U . N . Tank 14:31.830 --> 14:34.140 column under enemy fire In the valley , 14:39.960 --> 14:42.680 H . E shells blast the distant hills 14:42.680 --> 14:44.458 giving support and cover to the 14:44.458 --> 14:46.770 withdrawing tanks . The armored patrol 14:46.770 --> 14:48.937 is returning to the Lincoln line after 14:48.937 --> 14:51.360 contacting two chinese battalions , 14:55.710 --> 14:59.640 A tank nudges a korean hot aside to 14:59.650 --> 15:02.050 clear the field of fire for a roadblock . 15:02.290 --> 15:04.450 As allied forces retire behind the 15:04.450 --> 15:06.950 Lincoln line tanks are put into use as 15:06.950 --> 15:08.220 defensive weapons . 15:18.820 --> 15:21.700 The heavy firepower of the artillery is 15:21.700 --> 15:22.700 ready . 15:28.770 --> 15:31.470 Tanks wait in in place positions to add 15:31.470 --> 15:35.470 their forceful punch in the heart of 15:35.470 --> 15:37.470 Seoul on the grounds of the capitol 15:37.470 --> 15:40.030 building 1 55 howitzers fire a sharp 15:40.030 --> 15:41.974 warning at the advancing chinese . 15:57.410 --> 15:59.188 The artilleryman improved their 15:59.188 --> 16:01.521 emplacements within view of the capitol . 16:01.521 --> 16:03.750 Although earlier the south korean 16:03.750 --> 16:05.972 government warned the populace to leave 16:05.972 --> 16:08.083 almost half a million remained in the 16:08.083 --> 16:10.260 city showing confidence in our ability 16:10.270 --> 16:12.492 to hold . Despite the growing menace of 16:12.492 --> 16:14.548 the red advance , the government was 16:14.548 --> 16:16.714 finally forced to order the evacuation 16:16.970 --> 16:19.920 only then did the people leave the U . 16:19.920 --> 16:22.142 N . Troops remained on the Lincoln line 16:22.142 --> 16:23.976 to write the next chapter in the 16:23.976 --> 16:25.120 Defense of Soul . 16:36.870 --> 16:39.770 A field hospital in Korea . Full 16:39.770 --> 16:41.950 facilities must be available here for 16:41.950 --> 16:43.950 the first phase of treatment of the 16:43.950 --> 16:46.830 wounded . It's the critical phase an 16:46.830 --> 16:48.941 emergency shipment of blood coming in 16:48.941 --> 16:51.780 whole blood . The doctor's best friend 16:52.060 --> 16:54.170 off times . The wounded man's only 16:54.170 --> 16:55.340 chance for life 17:04.840 --> 17:07.710 donated in new york or san Francisco or 17:07.710 --> 17:11.040 ST louis typed , stored and shipped 17:11.050 --> 17:13.250 with the strictest scientific care . 17:13.270 --> 17:15.300 It's here where it's needed 17:16.930 --> 17:18.986 after first aid treatment and an aid 17:18.986 --> 17:21.041 station . Wounded men are brought to 17:21.041 --> 17:23.010 the field hospital . Here they are 17:23.010 --> 17:25.121 given only the necessary treatment to 17:25.121 --> 17:27.410 put them in shape for speedy evacuation 17:27.410 --> 17:29.870 to a base hospital where every benefit 17:29.870 --> 17:31.910 of modern medicine and surgery is 17:31.910 --> 17:32.910 available . 17:43.980 --> 17:46.330 Almost every wounded man has lost too 17:46.330 --> 17:48.390 much blood . He needs replacement 17:48.390 --> 17:51.520 quickly to overcome or prevent shock to 17:51.520 --> 17:53.742 make his system responsive to treatment 17:53.742 --> 17:56.470 or capable of withstanding the shock of 17:56.470 --> 17:58.850 an operation . If a wounded man can be 17:58.850 --> 18:00.906 evacuated to a base hospital in good 18:00.906 --> 18:02.810 shape , he's as good as safe 18:23.890 --> 18:26.700 drop by drop a young man's precious 18:26.700 --> 18:29.730 life is saved for his loved ones for 18:29.730 --> 18:30.640 his country . 18:40.880 --> 18:44.210 The gifts of blood must never stop . 19:00.740 --> 19:04.320 Yeah troops of the U . N . 19:04.330 --> 19:06.240 Forces move along a barbed wire 19:06.240 --> 19:08.450 barricade on a ridge near the town of 19:08.460 --> 19:10.830 Toke . So part of the line of defense 19:10.830 --> 19:13.052 against the communists in this sector . 19:13.360 --> 19:15.249 As further determined to the mass 19:15.249 --> 19:17.100 assaults of the chinese an anti 19:17.100 --> 19:19.220 personnel minefield is planted just 19:19.230 --> 19:21.050 beyond the U . N . Held line . 19:22.720 --> 19:25.030 Trip wires are adjusted from the stakes 19:25.030 --> 19:27.086 to the mines which have an effective 19:27.086 --> 19:30.130 danger radius of 75 yards . A pressure 19:30.130 --> 19:32.650 of £9 against the trip wire will 19:32.650 --> 19:34.730 explode one of these lethal traps 19:44.150 --> 19:46.410 until the field is completely sown . 19:46.550 --> 19:48.606 Each wire is marked by a lightweight 19:48.606 --> 19:52.420 plate on the road 19:52.420 --> 19:54.690 bordering the minefield , tanks and 19:54.700 --> 19:57.480 infantry men of a recon company survey 19:57.480 --> 20:01.340 the defense line The next 20:01.340 --> 20:03.340 morning the road is strewn with the 20:03.340 --> 20:06.000 bodies of 24 members of an enemy patrol 20:06.010 --> 20:08.066 which tried to infiltrate during the 20:08.066 --> 20:11.070 night . One red soldier still lives . 20:11.350 --> 20:13.370 Men of the recon company cautiously 20:13.370 --> 20:15.950 move the wounded man onto the road from 20:15.950 --> 20:16.950 the gully . 20:20.830 --> 20:22.886 The Communist is apparently in great 20:22.886 --> 20:25.570 pain , but the combat wise soldiers 20:25.580 --> 20:27.580 used to the tricks of a treacherous 20:27.580 --> 20:29.510 enemy , search him for concealed 20:29.510 --> 20:31.830 weapons or possible booby traps 20:35.190 --> 20:37.246 in the shelter of one of our tanks . 20:37.246 --> 20:39.357 First aid is given to the wounded man 20:46.340 --> 20:48.630 from a vantage point atop a hill , a 20:48.630 --> 20:50.852 machine gunner watches the valley below 20:50.910 --> 20:52.799 as his assistant adjusts his fire 20:52.799 --> 20:56.720 through a BC scope . An observer checks 20:56.720 --> 20:59.000 the terrain as a gunner fires at an 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 enemy position in the village Ahead 21:01.180 --> 21:03.360 smoke rises from the battered town . 21:03.570 --> 21:06.210 Troops of the United Nations maintain 21:06.210 --> 21:08.321 their vigilance and refuse to give up 21:08.321 --> 21:10.850 ground to the Communist hordes without 21:10.850 --> 21:13.270 exacting a heavy toll for every foot of 21:13.280 --> 21:13.960 ground . 21:19.130 --> 21:22.020 A returning tank brings news that the 21:22.030 --> 21:24.252 infiltrating Reds have been routed from 21:24.252 --> 21:25.252 the village . 21:35.310 --> 21:37.254 We'd like to tell you about a very 21:37.254 --> 21:39.477 important part of our big picture . The 21:39.477 --> 21:41.950 front line aid man . These are the men 21:41.950 --> 21:44.061 who so often are saluted by the men . 21:44.061 --> 21:46.117 They serve the rifleman for the work 21:46.117 --> 21:48.172 they do and caring for wounded under 21:48.172 --> 21:50.720 fire many times while they themselves 21:50.720 --> 21:54.440 are hit . Here's Sergeant Mike Plotnick , 21:54.490 --> 21:56.323 who saw duty with the Army's 3rd 21:56.323 --> 21:58.890 Division in Korea . Mike was an aid man 21:58.890 --> 22:01.380 there . Well , let's talk about these 22:01.380 --> 22:03.620 eight men . Mike . You travel right 22:03.620 --> 22:05.564 with a rifle company , don't you ? 22:05.564 --> 22:08.870 That's correct . There's 4 8 men and 22:08.880 --> 22:11.520 litter team along with a rifle company . 22:12.420 --> 22:15.270 We're going to attack and take care of 22:15.270 --> 22:17.381 the wounded and evacuate them as soon 22:17.381 --> 22:19.800 as possible . How about the terrain 22:19.800 --> 22:21.800 over there ? That makes it a little 22:21.800 --> 22:24.022 rough for the evacuation , doesn't it ? 22:24.022 --> 22:25.967 It does . We look over the terrain 22:25.967 --> 22:29.160 before we go in and find a 22:29.700 --> 22:32.580 quickest way possible for evacuation 22:33.880 --> 22:36.047 that can be done . How do you get them 22:36.047 --> 22:38.269 off these hills ? Mike ? Well , we have 22:38.269 --> 22:41.020 these korean letter bears civilians and 22:41.870 --> 22:44.160 they can move out a lot faster than we 22:44.160 --> 22:46.382 can . They know the terrain also . They 22:46.382 --> 22:48.549 know how to climb those hills . That's 22:48.549 --> 22:50.716 correct . Well , now what equipment do 22:50.716 --> 22:52.549 you have with you to treat these 22:52.549 --> 22:54.604 wounded men ? Well , we have a first 22:54.604 --> 22:56.440 aid kit which handles emergency 22:56.450 --> 22:59.820 treatment along . What 23:00.180 --> 23:02.236 company is this ? Is it right here ? 23:02.236 --> 23:04.458 And this is it right here and with it ? 23:04.458 --> 23:06.458 We've got the first aid packet with 23:06.458 --> 23:09.300 chief soldier he uses along which he 23:09.300 --> 23:11.522 carries with himself So they can . This 23:11.522 --> 23:13.522 is right on his belt . Every combat 23:13.522 --> 23:16.010 soldier and we've got the triangle 23:16.010 --> 23:18.830 bandage , which can be used as a sling 23:19.590 --> 23:21.757 or it can be used for anything else if 23:21.757 --> 23:24.290 necessary . And then we've got the 23:24.300 --> 23:26.189 compressed bandage which we use a 23:26.189 --> 23:29.500 larger wounds to cover areas which the 23:29.510 --> 23:32.960 first aid packet don't cover . And then 23:32.960 --> 23:36.370 we've got her tags which we mark our 23:36.370 --> 23:38.370 patients with if we have the time , 23:38.970 --> 23:41.750 which tells of the treatment and when 23:41.750 --> 23:44.330 they've been treated , Do you have time 23:44.330 --> 23:46.441 to use this ? Sometimes we don't have 23:46.441 --> 23:49.350 the time . So they're treated rather 23:49.360 --> 23:52.450 marked later on back . Further on the 23:52.450 --> 23:54.561 back down the line , what do you have 23:54.561 --> 23:56.561 on here ? Just to show what his his 23:56.561 --> 23:58.728 name is , serial number and the extent 23:58.728 --> 24:00.894 of his wounds is that it . That's it . 24:00.894 --> 24:02.950 And also the treatment which he gets 24:02.950 --> 24:06.380 from the right . Well , mike , there's 24:06.380 --> 24:08.380 an old expression in the army , the 24:08.380 --> 24:10.600 pill roller certainly that does not 24:10.600 --> 24:13.680 apply to the front line . A woman . No , 24:13.680 --> 24:15.847 it doesn't . The front line ain't mine 24:15.847 --> 24:17.791 wouldn't be called a pillow over . 24:19.140 --> 24:22.510 He hasn't got time to roll pills . He 24:23.630 --> 24:25.852 takes care of the wounded and evacuates 24:25.852 --> 24:28.170 them as soon as possible . Whatever 24:29.230 --> 24:31.397 he's doing some very important medical 24:31.397 --> 24:33.452 work mike , he's giving this man the 24:33.452 --> 24:35.619 first treatment he receives . It's got 24:35.619 --> 24:37.730 to be good and it's got to be quick . 24:37.730 --> 24:39.952 And while you're treating this man over 24:39.952 --> 24:42.008 here or two or three over here . you 24:42.008 --> 24:44.008 get another call for medic from the 24:44.008 --> 24:46.008 other side of the hill . Right well 24:46.008 --> 24:48.020 Mike we certainly will not use that 24:48.020 --> 24:50.242 expression with a front line a man Phil 24:50.242 --> 24:52.490 Roeder because we have all the respect 24:52.490 --> 24:54.610 in the world for for you men . And 24:54.610 --> 24:56.554 certainly the men we've had on our 24:56.554 --> 24:58.610 program , the rifleman feel the same 24:58.610 --> 25:02.060 way . And now let's go back to Korea 25:02.390 --> 25:05.490 April and May of 1951 and see an air 25:05.490 --> 25:09.360 ground assault just north of Seoul . 25:09.370 --> 25:12.130 Allied planes smashed chinese columns 25:12.130 --> 25:14.890 massed for an attack a scant 1000 yards 25:14.900 --> 25:16.790 beyond our main line of defense 25:19.040 --> 25:20.984 pouring down the historic invasion 25:20.984 --> 25:23.300 routes from Munsan and we john bew the 25:23.300 --> 25:25.460 reds try to break through to saul 25:26.260 --> 25:28.430 officers observed the effectiveness of 25:28.430 --> 25:30.930 U . N . Air power back in the skies 25:30.930 --> 25:33.860 after days of rain as it plasters enemy 25:33.860 --> 25:36.020 concentrations building up for their 25:36.020 --> 25:38.550 much heralded Mayday attack on Seoul 25:41.490 --> 25:43.434 the planes smother the target with 25:43.434 --> 25:46.550 machine gun fire rockets and napalm . 26:50.450 --> 26:53.090 Then the infantry adds its voice . 28:00.000 --> 28:02.450 Not even the fanatical communists can 28:02.450 --> 28:04.617 stand against this sort of coordinated 28:04.617 --> 28:07.250 defense with the full allied power 28:07.250 --> 28:09.230 shattering their formations . The 28:09.230 --> 28:11.880 enemies planned Mayday offensive is 28:11.880 --> 28:13.780 stalled before it starts . 28:26.330 --> 28:28.497 Those are the events that comprise the 28:28.497 --> 28:31.380 big picture from april 20th to May 20th 28:31.380 --> 28:34.740 1951 . Our thanks to Captain molly 28:34.740 --> 28:36.930 younger and Sergeant Mike Plotnick for 28:36.930 --> 28:39.970 being with us Next week . The big 28:39.970 --> 28:42.570 picture will show the 8th Army , answer 28:42.570 --> 28:44.348 the Red Spring offensive with a 28:44.348 --> 28:46.760 powerful attack all along the line and 28:46.760 --> 28:49.080 you'll meet to combat veterans who saw 28:49.090 --> 28:51.330 as it happened , a part of the big 28:51.340 --> 28:54.210 picture . This is Captain Carl 28:54.210 --> 28:56.266 Zimmerman inviting you to be with us 28:56.266 --> 28:56.710 then .