Battlezone: The Korean War

TV Show · History · War & Military

This Battlezone series looks at the Korean War from start to finish including the lead up and aftermath of the war from the US perspective.

2015 · 1h 15m

Season 1

  • The 38th Parallel
    EPISODE 1
    The 38th Parallel
    The Communist invasion of Korea which led to the entry of the US Forces into the conflict.
    56m
  • Big Picture: The United Nations Forces Cross the 38th Parallel
    EPISODE 2
    Big Picture: The United Nations Forces Cross the 38th Parallel
    The landing of our paratroopers near Munsan...The crossing of the Imjin River by Republic of Korean troops...The "one-two punch" of the 8th Army, the tank-infantry team crosses the 38th Parallel...A brief report on the activation of SHAPE in Paris with a few words from the former General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    28m
  • Big Picture: The Reds Launch Their Expected Spring Offensive
    EPISODE 3
    Big Picture: The Reds Launch Their Expected Spring Offensive
    Establishing the Lincoln Line... The need for blood in Korea... A powerful air-ground assault against the Reds. The Army Medical Corps is represented on this program with interviews with Nurse Captain Molly Younger, who served with a front line surgical team in Korea, and Sergeant Preputnick, who was an aid man with a rifle company in Korea.
    28m
  • Big Picture: Rebirth of Seoul
    EPISODE 4
    Big Picture: Rebirth of Seoul
    In Korea, the aggressor's challenge was met and turned back by the United Forces of the world's free nations. Yet in the backwash of war there always remains a second challenge -- the thousands of orphans, the millions of homeless, the countless villages and cities ravaged and almost completely destroyed. Our cameras focus on one such city, Seoul, the Capital of the Republic of Korea.
    28m
  • Big Picture: The United Nations Offensive Continues
    EPISODE 5
    Big Picture: The United Nations Offensive Continues
    In spite of spring and rain our ground forces continue to push back the Chinese all along the Eighth Army's front...The 25th Infantry Division crosses the Han River and U.N. forces reach the 38th Parallel. The program includes two interviews: The first with Sergeant William Taylor who was a mortar squad leader with the 24th Division. The other is with Lieutenant Charles Wright of Oneonta, Alabama.
    28m
  • Big Picture: The Army Medical Corps
    EPISODE 6
    Big Picture: The Army Medical Corps
    Graphically shown here is the treatment given our wounded in battle. We see the care a man receives from medics all along the line; from the time the wounded soldier calls "Medic" until he is released for duty. The Medical Corps is saving more lives than in any other time of combat. Lieutenant Colonel S. J. Newsom of San Diego, California tells the story in an interview with Captain Zimmerman.
    28m

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Battlezone: The Korean War

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This Battlezone series looks at the Korean War from start to finish including the lead up and aftermath of the war from the US perspective.

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2015
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