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Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Korea is often called America's forgotten war, yet history tells is that almost 150,000 American servicemen were either killed or wounded during this "police action." In this collection of newsreels and U.S. Government footage, you wil relive America's experiences in Korea from the earliest days of intervention in 1950 to the signing of the Armistice in 1953." -- on contaier insert.
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Part 1: When North Korea surged across the border of its southern neighbor on June 25, 1950, South Korea and its Western allies were caught off guard. The UN acted swiftly, but the contingent, unprepared for North Korea's fanatical determination and fighting skill, soon found itself thrown back into disarray ; and the allies faced a humiliating evacuation. Part 2: With the UN forces on the verge of being pushed into the sea, the stage was set for...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Television comedy about the experiences of military doctors and nurses working in a mobile army surgical hospital during the Korean War.
Series portrays both the horror and hilarity of the daily lives of MASH unit 4077 in Korea in 1950.
29) The front line
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Korean
Description
The story of about three million soldiers who fought a war, no longer remembering the reason, and died, wishing for the end of it, while negotiations for peace remained unresolved for 25 months since June 1951. It is estimated that the Korean War left four million dead. The war continued for 37 months, and the armistice negotiations continued for two years and two months during the war. The entire military force was concentrated in a battle for the...
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
In June of 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its neighbor to the south, beginning a see-saw war that would engulf the entire Korean Peninsula. For the next three years, the United Nations and the Communists would wage a bloody and brutal war. Though the Korean conflict is often referred to as the "Forgotten War", those who fought and sacrificed for freedom will never forget.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This fact-based series goes beyond the military history books and presents the most compelling personal accounts of war as seen through the eyes of those closest to the action, the rank-and-file soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen. Episode 5: In August 1950, North Koreans began to hit U.S. forces hard on their western flank, causing a swift retreat. The 24th Regiment, the last segregated, all=black Army unit, was sent to patrol the areas around...
36) Retreat, hell!
Publisher
United States Pictures/Melange Pictures
Pub. Date
1952/2012
Language
English
Description
A U.S. Marine corps battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures, and constant enemy attacks.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day, 1950, US Army troops pushed north through the Korean peninsula to drive North Korea's Communist army out of democratically held South Korea. Within days, they were surrounded by more than 85,000 Chinese soldiers in the mountains by the Chosin Reservoir. View the intense battle in intimate detail in this vivid narrative of combat and survival in the first major military clash of the Cold War.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
Kelly's Heroes:They were goldbricks until they found out about the gold bricks – a fortune in Nazi-confiscated bullion! Clint Eastwood reups with the director of his Where Eagles Dare for the action-filled and tongue-in-cheek tale of GIs who decide to get something extra out of the war. Eastwood’s title character masterminds a scheme to slip behind enemy lines and steal the loot. Co-stars include a trio on the verge of big-time TV success: Carroll...