A history of the U.S. involvement in the Korean War.Shots of destroyed buildings and rubble in Seoul. American soldiers walking through forests and past villages. Village buildings with painted messages: "YOULL BE TREATED WELL" "SURRENDER YOU ARE SAFE." A single-engine plane lands. General James Van Fleet gets out of the plane and speaks to soldiers. Chinese soldiers firing rockets and mortars. A Chinese soldiers with branches on his helmet looks through binoculars. UN standing near the back of a truck, one man studing a map. Soliders firing mortars, machine guns, and rifles. Long shots of planes diving low, dropping bombs, then pulling up from the explosions. American soldiers pouring gasoline on a bridge over the Imjin River, and setting the bridge on fire. LS of a bridge exploding. The Japanese General Government Building in Seoul. American setting up sandbags and large guns in Seoul near the Capitol. A soldier screwing nosecones onto mortar shells. Soldiers sitting and eating in a field, on the steps of a building, and on a small bridge.