Big Picture: The United Nations Forces Cross the 38th Parallel

Year Published: 1951-07-30

Creator: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569447 / Local Identifier 111-TV-177 Big Picture: The United Nations Forces Cross the 38th Parallel DVD copied by Master Scanner Liz Pruszko. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Includes: 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. Captain Zimmerman interviews two men of the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, Virginia, who are veterans of the Korean fighting -- Warrant Officer Samuel Puterbaugh of Dayton, Ohio and Private First Class James Vines of Odd, West Virginia. Both men served with the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. Mr. Puterbaugh wears the Combat Infantry Badge, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Private First Class Vines wears the Combat Infantry Badge as well as the Bronze Star and the Presidential Unit Citation.