I had an uncle who survived that hell on earth. He was a proud Marine but would not talk about it at all. I found out a little from my dad what happened to him in Korea. He was one of the few that survived the Chosin Reservoir, the cold, and the relentless attacks by the Chinese. When you get close enough to your enemy to stick him with a bayonet, you never forget about it. He was buried in his uniform and they didn't have to cut open the back of his tunic for it to fit him! Marine until the end! Semper Fi.
I have an uncle who made it out of the Chosen Resevoir battles. He opened up to me about alot of his experiences there about 15 yrs.ago. I get up to Detroit every summer for a few Tiger's games and I always invite my uncle Cecil. He will be 90 in August.
David Voinier • My Uncle was a Marine CWO in Korea. I never saw a man with such terrible PTSD in my life, even 10 years after it ended. I wondered why he and my aunt didn't share a bedroom: I thought that all married people did that. Only later did I realize he must have been having terrible nightmares. He used to wake up in the morning to find he had chewed holes in his pillow case. I don't know where in Korea he was, just that it said CWO in his obituary. RIP 🌺 ✝️ Uncle Don
When I was in the Army in the late 60s I served with an E-7 who had done two tours in Nam and had served in Korea as a young kid from the black ghetto, having enlisted at age 17 in 1949. He was an alcoholic and would drink himself stupid when off duty but was always sober and in charge of what needed to be done while on duty. He was a short guy who was tough as steel on the outside but who had a heart of gold inside. I found out later that he died of pneumonia at the post hospital. I have more respect for guys like that than anybody else that I can imagine.
I am from South Korea. If it had not been American help ,I would now live under North Korea,s communist dictatorship . God bless you and your family especially your father.
My Dad and 5 of my Uncles served there, Pop had nightmares sometimes and all of my uncles had told us that they had them too. Uncle Frank served in WW 2 and Korea and told us that Korea was as horrible as the Battle of the Bulge. RIP Pop, & my Uncles, we love & miss you guys.
They call the Korean War The forgotten War, just thought I would tell you I never forgot and I want to thank everybody who participated in it, past, present and family members of the deceased, May the hand of God be with you forever!!!
the last BW movie i watched in high school, in 1960 was PORK CHOP HILL. it was like watching the slaughter-killing field. i served in Viet Nam 1967-70. snow and jungle don't mix, no comparison. one gets frostbite in Korea, while one gets jungle rot feet in the jungle. all wars are hell!
@@gordonames1892Korean War was a disaster with Truman stopping McArthur on his track. all politician crap just like the Nam debacle. the big military machine money-making for the fat-cat corporations.
My father was in Japan as part of the occupation forces after WW 2. They were the first forces to get to Korea. He did talk about the war much until about 6 months before he died. His 2 brothers were in the Marines in Korea and they would only talk a little about what happened. My Uncle Duke is the only one left and is in memory care. I always try to thank a Veteran because without them we would not be free.
Sadly very true, my grandfather on my mother's side and my great uncle on my dads side both fought in it, sadly never got to know either of them, It will be interesting to see how the war is thought of in a few years time when the Korean war veterans are the oldest ones we have left.
Tom Clayton when I was a kid I’d watch my dad have waking flashbacks of Chinese overrunning his artillery unit. He’d be calling in fire missions on our hallway phone staring into the distance at some invisible horde as he slumped to the floor saying “ oh my God, oh my God, Oh my....”
@@VirginiaBikeWoman I am truly sorry you had to experience that at a young age but please know he never meant to scare you but in actuality he was probably terrified at reliving those moments in his life but remember he made a sacrifice at that time to ensure all of our freedom, he is a hero
The realism(such as proper radio procedure,troop formation,and even fire-fight scenes,etc,)makes this movie a"gem"for any who served in the "combat arms"in"the field."
Hell-of-a story. Very realistic. Excellent story of a bottle of Scotch. Semper Fi my Marine brothers. I haven't seen this flick in a long, long time. It was good to see Chuck Conners, John Payne, and Peter Graves. We at Camp Pendleton still had some weapons left over from Korea, that we used in ITR training. I fired a BAR, M-1, and a 30. cal. machine gun. Did bootcamp at MCRD SD. Did a four year hitch, '67-'71.
James Norton • Funny. You were in at the same time my ex was. He was at Pendleton in '67, then in VN in time for Tet 1/68. Jim Hood from San Jose, CA. It would be funny if you knew him. He was a real rat. 🐀 Thank you for your service. ⚓
@@knitwit7082 Sorry, no recollection. I went through boot camp in Aug. of '67, Plt 2045. The guy you referred to was slightly ahead of me in the pipeline to Nam.
I think it's one of John Payne's best acting performance I've seen..even if I don't like war movies . He was silver star medal in WWII , in 1942....U.S.Air Force. He knew what war was like.
I remember when John Payne was hit by a Volkswagen bus, while crossing the street in Manhattan, in a blinding rainstorm, in the mid 60's! His career never really regained momentum after that!
@@rongendron8705 yes, he had a car accident in 1961, with facial wounds skull dented, broken leg, fractured in five places. I have two of his photos at the hospital. In the first he give ok sign , and that is Mr John Payne who never give up.
My dad was there. He never really talked about it. He told me it was around Thanksgiving, they had turkey, and they thought they would be going home soon. Then later, in the middle of the night, they were awakened by trumpets, drums and screaming as the Chinese started to come over the Yalu river. They had to literally abandon everything and run for their lives. When I asked him what it was like, the only thing he would tell me was "it was cold, the people talked funny, and I wanted to go home."
My father served in the Korean War. During the worst winter in decades he came down with pneumonia. He was transported to a hospital ship and returned to the States. I wouldn't be writing this text had he died. I was born in 1955. Thanks for showing this film.
My uncle was drafted into the military around 1950. He was in the Japanese Occupation Forces and was sent to Korea very early. He suffered a severe stomach wound sometime in 1951 which put him on a special diet for years. He never talked about it in the times I saw him. I know he had been a leading American contender for membership in the track and field squad for the 1953 Olympics but his wounds ended that. He did seem to recover completely and was always a tremendously fit guy at about 6 ft. 6 inches. He lived to a decent age, dying only a few years ago after a long career as a teacher and high school coach in Alaska. I doubt the cold in Korea would have bothered him much as he was born and grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which is far north of Winter. He used to chop wood in their back yard wearing a tee shirt. At -5°F. It was always claimed he moved to Alaska, where he met my Dad's sister, because it was warmer than where he grew up. I think of him every time I see this or other films about the Korean War. A friend of mine in college in the late 1970's, a Korean graduate student in history who looked far younger than he was, had served in the Korean Navy at both the Inchon and Eonson landings, while also being in other combat. It was interesting to get a very intelligent Korean's perspective on the war.
Chuck Conners was a cool dude. Let's hope for eventual peace for all the people of Korea.They weren't kidding about the socks , my father in laws feet were messed up from this war with frostbite damage until he passed away. Thanks for the movie.
Steven Grotte Yes I do believe you are right. He's securing properties ahead of time for the trump empire. His interest wasn't for the US and Korean people ,president moon and others put this together with Kim against his trumps wishes.
+Steven Grotte ---- "And it looks like trump is selling us and South Korea to North Korea as of 6/12/2018." You could not be more mistaken. You are now witnessing what was previously believed to be impossible, the beginning of the dismantlement of the North Korean totalitarian government with the assistance of its latest Dear Leader. The problem being faced is how to accomplish the revolutionary change without triggering a bloody civil war that could result in a suicidal North Korean military offensive against South Korea and the 28 million people in Seoul. Even the current Dear Leader is a prisoner of the regime's past Juche and Communist ideologies, so any efforts to disturb the status quo by the subordinates or the current Dear Leader invites a coup by the elites who do not want to face the consequences that can result from being held accountable for the actions of the past regimes. Changing this situation peacefully is going to require time, patience, and wisdom on the part of the American, North Korean, and South Korean leaders. China will play a conflicting role, because China needs a non-threatening North Korea, but also a Communist North Korea that keeps the Korean peninsula politically and militarily divided. Trump is working to peacefully disarm the North Korean threat with the assistance of the Dear Leader and without provoking an intervention into the North Korean government and peninsula by the People's Republic of China.
Nice "little" Hollywood gem, no expensive effects just a straightforward story. A fter listening to stories my father recounted from Burma in WW2, I'm convinced socks and boots were as essential as ammunition. What kind of infantry can you have when you can't walk? As to Korea, Trump will never receive the credit due for his success in the peninsula. China has much more to gain working with the U.S. than prolonging the regime of a bunch of ideological dingbats. North Korea is an albatross around their neck. We have what North Korea needs- FOOD! You can't eat a nuclear weapon.
My father Charles Hess was airborne fought in Korea would never talk about it until he was in 70s received a purple 💜 for being shot in his face ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤was my friend and father rip dad
German titles? WW II had heroes. Vietnam left a country that hated the veterans. Korea was possibly worse. Those vets were ignored. We fought, died, wounded physically and mentally so why were some treated so badly by our own people? If you want to blame someone for Korea and Vietnam blame the politicians and not soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen. Semper Fi and Welcome home to all my brothers SGT USMC 1964-70 RVN 1968
I truly believe what you sat about Vietnam Vets! I missed the draft by a matter of weeks so I never had to serve. Sometimes I wonder if I would have been a better man if I had, but that is a different matter. In talking with many vets that served both in the jungles of Nam and those that were in the South Pacific, I can't see that either one was overall worse than the other. I am certain that the difference lies in the reasons we were fighting in both locations. In WW2 there was no doubt about the reasons in particular and it seemed vital to our survival. But in Nam, the reasons are much less clear and frankly even questionable which makes it even worse! However in both places, our soldiers were fighting for their very lives and existence and that is a pretty clear reason no matter the issues that sent them there! When the WW2 vets came home, it was to a hero's welcome and all the accolades and pride that came with it. The Vets from Nam came back from an equally horrible experience of trying to stay alive and were met with disdain, shame and even being spit on as if the Vietnam War was their fault! There was and is no excuse for that sort of attitude from people here that have no idea what they experienced or even the notion as to why. As for that, the people in our country that acted that way should be ashamed of themselves. I met a guy about 20 years after coming back from Nam that actually won a Bronze Star for what he had done but he wouldn't wear it because they way people acted towards him made him feel ashamed of himself for doing frankly what he HAD to do! That nearly brought tears to my eyes because on top of that, he was in the area being treated for the effects of Agent Orange! Anyway, I told him that as one single American, I appreciated what he had done and the reasons he was their doing it!
@@TrySomethingsOnce - That is very kind of you. I held a grudge for many years because of the way the Vietnam veterans were treated. it wasn't until the Liberation of Kuwait that the public started to recognize and honor our troops. Many of those who treated the Vietnam vets badly started to recognize just how badly they had hurt men and women that simply did what their government asked of them and their only crime was coming home alive.
My "Bible" - Leonard Malkin's 2011 - didn't consider this worth a mention. Not for the first time - or even the hundredth - I have to disagree. Very watchable, worthwhile movie. Thanks for the upload - and to the sacrifice and fighting for our freedoms that this represents. All the stars in heaven. PS - I have to confess I badly dented my own bottle of scotch while watching it. Cheers!
Late to the comment show. I started watching all the Korea War movies I can lately. Main reason is that a game module for the Korean War was put out within the Advanced Squad Leader system and this movies touched a lot of the detail inherent in that module. One glaring equipment error was the S-55 helicopter which wasn't employed until 1951 in Korea IIRC.
Nearly every male in my family has served in the Marine Corps, myself included. My dad served in Korea. What blows me away about Korea isn't the horrors of combat, the desecration of the bodies of the dead, or the extreme weather and command staff lack of concern for the welfare of their front line troops. All of that stuff is something you must expect during your contracted service experience. What surprises me even now is the lack of proper survival equipment for everyone on the ground. It happened during parts of WWII and WWI, but by the time war came about in Korea our military leadership should have been fully aware of the need for extreme cold weather survival gear. Yet countless young jarheads lost digits and had limbs hacked away bit by bit due to the race to beat frostbite. During my years of service we went to cold weather training in Michigan, which is where my family is originally from. The gear we were issued was engineered for our survival under extreme conditions, and Michigan is known for ridiculously large snow build-up that drifts clear over the top of private residences. Having shared all that, it wasn't even cold when I went to cold weather training. In fact, there wasn't any freaking snow! I was all excited about learning new skills and practicing combat operations in snowy terrain, but it wasn't meant to be I guess. 🤔
Buddy we went in Iraq and Afghanistan lacking the same shit. Always fighting todays war with last wars crap. I know many guys who had family buy them real body armor private sale and ship it over. I begged and swapped till I could field an M14 just so I had the range needed. Mags fielded came from second party sales as was the scope and mounts. Many guys did the same. My Dad was sending me over match ammo bought from Sportsman Guide. Yes you can get an M1A national match sent over in parts if you know the supply guys and buy the mail room a couple of whores to look the other way when "tubes of drafting paper" come through that weigh 9 pounds..
Green Marine • Sounds like some terrible logistics*, not uncommon in our military. I know 2 retired logistics officers: 1 Marine, 1 Airman, both Majors. I can't imagine either of them falling down on the job like that. *Logistics refers to that branch of the military which facilitates the details of transport, quartering, and supply of troops in military operations."
the forgotten war ........never forget any of our armed forces members who served during war time ...... from WW 2 .......... thru the middle east today ........ sept 11 2022 ............. 9/11/01 ......... NEVER FORGET
I went to Korea in 80 or 81, can’t remember, but the air was so damn cold it froze you too the bone, man was that a cold country. Glad I only stayed 90 days, it has the Siberian cold air right from Siberia.
I was there in Jan -Dec 73. 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Hovey. Straight-leg infantry without personnel carriers. Carried everything on our backs. Coldest place I've ever been in my life, and in 26 years in the Army. Ground was too hard to dig, so we used old fighting positions from 1953. Canteens froze. C-rations froze unless carried inside our shirts. Jeeps could not have windshields up, side-curtains, or tops up, since it would be hard to get out if ambushed. On the march, we stopped every hour or so for a foot inspection by the platoon leaders. If a soldier's feet were injured by the cold, the lieutenant got an Article-15. Changed socks, placed wet socks under our armpits to dry, and then moved-out. Frostbite of the fingers or toes or anywhere was an Article-15 offense. In base camp, we had to run through the snow to get to the latrine and showers. Hootches warmed with diesel fuel heaters; had to carry the diesel cans through the snow. Even three years in Germany 77-80 was never like Korea-cold. At least for the grunts it was just miserably, awfully, brutal. A close friend of mine was a pathfinder platoon leader in the 101st in Vietnam. One day he got a replacement who had transferred from Korea. The guy said he volunteered for Vietnam jus to get our of Korea.
Curioso filme del género bélico en tener un acicate básico, como es la botella de Whiskey del capitán en ser abierta sólo en un momento especial, que no se materializa, para sólo dejarla para más tarde. Simplemente genial tal producción es cuestión. Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
I was stationed in Korea from 1976-77 with the 2nd infantry division, 122 SIG Bn, B Co. 1st platoon we slept in quanset huts drove gamma goats no top or windows in the winter no heater either. Loved the country lots to see and history of the countryb
I went to Korea for Operation Team Spirit. Met some cool soldiers the 10th. Mountain. The South Koreans we operated with were pretty good soldiers. I ate dog there. I liked it. We only had a few days to walk around and see anything. No trees.
BEEN TO KOREA TWICE, IT IS COLD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. NOT AS COLD AS 1975 MINOT AFB, NORTH DAKOTA WITH 80 MPH WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE 150 DEGREES BELOW ZERO!!
This is one of my favorite Korean War movies. Hollywood produced a slew of Korean War movies between 1951 and 1958. After that, interest in Korean War movies largely ended. Hollywood filmed almost all of its Korean War movies in Southern California, where the terrain is similar to the Korean countryside of 1950, rolling hills, short mountains, covered with short, dry scrub vegetation, sparse woods, largely dry, semiarid climate. My favorite scene seems to be the one filmed at a crossroads where lies a small, ruined village. It was well-planned and executed. I always thought the whiskey bottle thing, serving as a central morale booster was a tad unrealistic. Today that bottle would have been opened up and emptied in seconds then discarded and forgotten. Hollywood's Korean War movies tend to be dark, gritty, violent, and bereft of much sense of glory, mostly focusing on small unit interaction and comradeship and the sense of relief at survival. In some ways, Hollywood's Korean War movies presaged the few, future Vietnam War movies and even the Saving Private Ryan type grittier war movies. Since it was 1956, blood, guts, and gore could not be depicted as later in Saving Private Ryan.
Grande Artiste • My husband saw "Saving Private Ryan" when it came out. We watch lots of war movies, but he told me I wasn't going to see that one. When he came out, he was chalk white and looked like he was going to puke. He never spoke all the way home. Later, he said it was so real, and so terrible. I'm glad I didn't go.
i did three tours involuntary bc the idiots at the top wanted to have his Christmas party in Hong Kong USO; my first anniversary was spent in Nam; my third tour was the fat-tub smoking commander playing kissing cousins needed to spent Christmas in Hawaii for R&R, while my first son was due in three months. Asian had it worse in the USAF, no promotion for three lousy years in Nam and a purple heart added to my fate. discharged from this clown force was the best thing that happened for me.
Ooooooooorraaaaaaaah Marines! After Korea, my Father never wore anything warmer than a windbreaker. He saw no reason to be bothered by the cold at home since it didn't kill him there. Marine pride- GET SOME!
On the Eastern side of the road south from Chosin were at least a batalion of Royal Navy Marines with probably some Desert Rats even Turkish.The West side of the road the USMarines did what they could and then Corsairs F4's bombed napalm non stop if weather allowed so US ARMY was really not in the Chosin region.There were many small groups of other UN members military for sure.This was A USMARINE action.Chosin is more than 50 miles from the open sea.Even Australian SAS I think were there.At my age memory is not so good and I have been forced to dump most of my books because the 3year packing box caravan caught up on me no room in small apartment and no garage.Bless You all and all the USAF ex personnel from Manston RAF AB 1948to1954/5.They were very good to me.
the Korean War ended with an Armistice, rather than an allied win, which is probably why it is less remembered today. Australia was obviously one of the allies. My mother's fiance was in the airforce and died in a plane crash. My mother's next boyfriend was in the navy. Then she married my father who was also in the airforce as an engineer, repairing jet fighters.
It never ended,it’s the longest ceasefire in history ! My father was in occupied Japan when the war broke out in June of 1950 . He was sent straight too Pusan and ten miles later was engaged in active heavy combat . They didn’t even call it a war but a “ police action “ !
I'll tell You one thing about Korea, good food, but I never been so cold in My Life as when I was Stationed there some Years back! I wanted to put on ALL my socks and uniforms!!!
I would have had my guys make a ring of rocks under the oil pan and pour some gasoline in it. Light it off and heat the oil in the oil pan. Then have my guys push start those jeeps. I was not a Marine but I was a buck sergeant in the US Army and sometimes you have to use a field expedient method to get things done.
I am a South Korean who always thanks the United States for sending troops and saving South Korea in Korean War and defending my country against North Korea,s invasion even nowadays
This is a real nice old movie about the Korean War. There's not so much about this war so it's a rare old gem. Battle scenes are pretty realistic. The romantic scenes might be shorter but anyway, i really enjoyed watching it. Thanks for the upload.
A few of my senior FD buddies were there. Army and Marine Never mentioned it. Then I read The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat. Sure enough, they are mentioned in the book!
I GREW UP NEAR A MARINE BASE. MY MOTHER WORKED ON THE BASE. SOMETIMES WE TOOK HER TO WORK, AND SEE ALL THEM MARINES RUNNING WITH FULL PACKS AND THEIR RIFLES! MADE A VOW, I WAS GOING TO BE IN THE REAR WITH THE GEAR!!!
It's ironic, the troops are eager for battle, wanting stories to tell their families later, but when the fog of war clears and they come home, they have stories, but can't even let out a word.
I had an uncle who survived that hell on earth. He was a proud Marine but would not talk about it at all. I found out a little from my dad what happened to him in Korea. He was one of the few that survived the Chosin Reservoir, the cold, and the relentless attacks by the Chinese. When you get close enough to your enemy to stick him with a bayonet, you never forget about it. He was buried in his uniform and they didn't have to cut open the back of his tunic for it to fit him! Marine until the end! Semper Fi.
I have an uncle who made it out of the Chosen Resevoir battles. He opened up to me about alot of his experiences there about 15 yrs.ago. I get up to Detroit every summer for a few Tiger's games and I always invite my uncle Cecil. He will be 90 in August.
David Voinier • My Uncle was a Marine CWO in Korea. I never saw a man with such terrible PTSD in my life, even 10 years after it ended.
I wondered why he and my aunt didn't share a bedroom: I thought that all married people did that. Only later did I realize he must have been having terrible nightmares. He used to wake up in the morning to find he had chewed holes in his pillow case.
I don't know where in Korea he was, just that it said CWO in his obituary.
RIP 🌺 ✝️ Uncle Don
Semper fi
I am the direct result of my Fathers ,wounded return, from Korea. I was born July 1952
As a Vietnam vet and the son of a ww2 wounded vet, I have a great amount of admiration for Korean vets.
Another Vietnam veteran here. Agree.
Dale Wilson • Largely forgotten. Mercifully, our involvement didn't last long. Lots of casualties though. 🛐
@@Skycop51 Thank you for your service. We are USAF, Ret.
When I was in the Army in the late 60s I served with an E-7 who had done two tours in Nam and had served in Korea as a young kid from the black ghetto, having enlisted at age 17 in 1949. He was an alcoholic and would drink himself stupid when off duty but was always sober and in charge of what needed to be done while on duty. He was a short guy who was tough as steel on the outside but who had a heart of gold inside. I found out later that he died of pneumonia at the post hospital. I have more respect for guys like that than anybody else that I can imagine.
God bless all.
Kim Nesta • Thank you for your service to America.
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My dad was in Korea ,no civilian will ever understand the pains any veteran goes through for their country.God bless all the veterans from all wars.
Bless your dad.
True oh so true👍
Thats because the civilian had worse. Siblings lost, death, torture and loss of home. What the soldier loses is himself
Thank you
I am from South Korea.
If it had not been American help ,I would now live under North Korea,s communist dictatorship .
God bless you and your family especially your father.
My Dad and 5 of my Uncles served there, Pop had nightmares sometimes and all of my uncles had told us that they had them too. Uncle Frank served in WW 2 and Korea and told us that Korea was as horrible as the Battle of the Bulge. RIP Pop, & my Uncles, we love & miss you guys.
They call the Korean War The forgotten War, just thought I would tell you I never forgot and I want to thank everybody who participated in it, past, present and family members of the deceased, May the hand of God be with you forever!!!
I prefer my war stories without complicated story lines or muddy agendas, this was perfect for me thank you for making it available.
the last BW movie i watched in high school, in 1960 was PORK CHOP HILL. it was like watching the slaughter-killing field. i served in Viet Nam 1967-70. snow and jungle don't mix, no comparison. one gets frostbite in Korea, while one gets jungle rot feet in the jungle. all wars are hell!
You did 3 tours?
Thank you for your service
FUNNY YOU MENTIONED PORK CHOP HILL. MY 6TH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPLE WAS THAT JAPANESE LT!!
@@gordonames1892Korean War was a disaster with Truman stopping McArthur on his track. all politician crap just like the Nam debacle. the big military machine money-making for the fat-cat corporations.
MY UNCLE FRANK WAS RIGHT THERE WITH MCARTHUR IN KOREA, AND WHEN HE HAD THAT TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY!!
My father was in Japan as part of the occupation forces after WW 2. They were the first forces to get to Korea. He did talk about the war much until about 6 months before he died. His 2 brothers were in the Marines in Korea and they would only talk a little about what happened. My Uncle Duke is the only one left and is in memory care. I always try to thank a Veteran because without them we would not be free.
My older brother was killed at Taejon in the third or fourth week of the war. He had been on occupation duty in Japan. 34th Regiment, 24th Division.
MY UNCLE FRANK WAS THERE TOO!! HE WAS ON GENERAL MCARTHURS STAFF!!
@@rascal0175 If I remember correctly that was my father's unit. I will have find the container in our storage that has his papers.
Many thanks and much gratitude to the brave men in your family who served. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@rascal0175 So sorry for your loss. I can't imagine how terrible that must have been for your family. 🥀
My son is currently serving in the Marines.
I pray for his safe return to you.
I wish him well.
God bless you, your son and your whole family.
We pray he comes home safe and well. Amen
Semper Fi.
I have always felt that the Korean war vets were under appreciated. Hail to them.
Sadly very true, my grandfather on my mother's side and my great uncle on my dads side both fought in it, sadly never got to know either of them, It will be interesting to see how the war is thought of in a few years time when the Korean war veterans are the oldest ones we have left.
Tom Clayton when I was a kid I’d watch my dad have waking flashbacks of Chinese overrunning his artillery unit. He’d be calling in fire missions on our hallway phone staring into the distance at some invisible horde as he slumped to the floor saying “ oh my God, oh my God, Oh my....”
maybe worse than underappreciated, virtually forgotten. Sad.
Bless your father and you.
@@VirginiaBikeWoman I am truly sorry you had to experience that at a young age but please know he never meant to scare you but in actuality he was probably terrified at reliving those moments in his life but remember he made a sacrifice at that time to ensure all of our freedom, he is a hero
The realism(such as proper radio procedure,troop formation,and even fire-fight scenes,etc,)makes this movie a"gem"for any who served in the "combat arms"in"the field."
My USAF husband noticed they didn't salute indoors when reporting for duty. Big no-no in the Air Force.
Hell-of-a story. Very realistic. Excellent story of a bottle of Scotch. Semper Fi my Marine brothers. I haven't seen this flick in a long, long time. It was good to see Chuck Conners, John Payne, and Peter Graves. We at Camp Pendleton still had some weapons left over from Korea, that we used in ITR training. I fired a BAR, M-1, and a 30. cal. machine gun. Did bootcamp at MCRD SD. Did a four year hitch, '67-'71.
Outstanding
Amazing! By 1975 the 1911 was the only thing left in the Army arms room.
James Norton • Funny. You were in at the same time my ex was. He was at Pendleton in '67, then in VN in time for Tet 1/68. Jim Hood from San Jose, CA. It would be funny if you knew him. He was a real rat. 🐀
Thank you for your service. ⚓
I took over for you brother
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DISCH. CAMP PENDLETON 9/75 San Mateo back gate camp 3yrs+
@@knitwit7082 Sorry, no recollection. I went through boot camp in Aug. of '67, Plt 2045. The guy you referred to was slightly ahead of me in the pipeline to Nam.
I think it's one of John Payne's best acting performance I've seen..even if I don't like war movies . He was silver star medal in WWII , in 1942....U.S.Air Force. He knew what war was like.
I remember when John Payne was hit by a Volkswagen bus, while crossing the street in Manhattan,
in a blinding rainstorm, in the mid 60's! His career never really regained momentum after that!
@@rongendron8705 yes, he had a car accident in 1961, with facial wounds skull dented, broken leg, fractured in five places. I have two of his photos at the hospital. In the first he give ok sign , and that is Mr John Payne who never give up.
My dad was there. He never really talked about it. He told me it was around Thanksgiving, they had turkey, and they thought they would be going home soon. Then later, in the middle of the night, they were awakened by trumpets, drums and screaming as the Chinese started to come over the Yalu river. They had to literally abandon everything and run for their lives. When I asked him what it was like, the only thing he would tell me was "it was cold, the people talked funny, and I wanted to go home."
12 years US Army. 82nd Airborne and one injured leg just to see the country in the mess it is today.
14 years and a couple of tours and I know what you mean. Hopefully your working that leg as best you can.
ROGER THAT BROTHER!!
1/325 here vote blue end the bull crap
Stationed there in mid 60's! I can not imagine what those heroes went through! Their were still GI's being wounded and killed when I was there!
Love John Payne, especially in period films. Pork Chop Hill with Gregory Peck is a must see for those interested in the Korean War.
I was in Korea when this movie was made, 24th Div, '56-'57. There was still a lot of shoot em ups going on while I was there.
I really don't think people realize military men give their lives for our freedom my dad and my brother and me and my grandpa we all military man 👍🏽🇺🇲
My father served in the Korean War. During the worst winter in decades he came down with pneumonia. He was transported to a hospital ship and returned to the States. I wouldn't be writing this text had he died. I was born in 1955. Thanks for showing this film.
I usually don't go for war propaganda material, but this movie is a real pearl. And maybe one of Payne's most convincing performances ever.
When the honor for your fellow warrior is everything today, and tomorrow is depending on each other....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚡⚡⚡
2nd time around, a fine movie!
Kind of like THE NAKED ANDVTHE DEAD. But clean. And monagomous. And in the snow. And with Marines. But WHAT a cast! And ANYting directed by Alan Dwan!
GOD BLESS USA FOREVER AND EVER
My uncle was drafted into the military around 1950. He was in the Japanese Occupation Forces and was sent to Korea very early. He suffered a severe stomach wound sometime in 1951 which put him on a special diet for years. He never talked about it in the times I saw him. I know he had been a leading American contender for membership in the track and field squad for the 1953 Olympics but his wounds ended that. He did seem to recover completely and was always a tremendously fit guy at about 6 ft. 6 inches. He lived to a decent age, dying only a few years ago after a long career as a teacher and high school coach in Alaska. I doubt the cold in Korea would have bothered him much as he was born and grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which is far north of Winter. He used to chop wood in their back yard wearing a tee shirt. At -5°F. It was always claimed he moved to Alaska, where he met my Dad's sister, because it was warmer than where he grew up. I think of him every time I see this or other films about the Korean War.
A friend of mine in college in the late 1970's, a Korean graduate student in history who looked far younger than he was, had served in the Korean Navy at both the Inchon and Eonson landings, while also being in other combat. It was interesting to get a very intelligent Korean's perspective on the war.
Very interesting film. So glad I had the chance to see it.
Great movie thank you 🤩🤩💖🇺🇸🇺🇸
Chuck Conners was a cool dude. Let's hope for eventual peace for all the people of Korea.They weren't kidding about the socks , my father in laws feet were messed up from this war with frostbite damage until he passed away.
Thanks for the movie.
And it looks like trump is selling us and South Korea to North Korea as of 6/12/2018.
Steven Grotte Yes I do believe you are right. He's securing properties ahead of time for the trump empire. His interest wasn't for the US and Korean people ,president moon and others put this together with Kim against his trumps wishes.
+Steven Grotte ---- "And it looks like trump is selling us and South Korea to North Korea as of 6/12/2018."
You could not be more mistaken. You are now witnessing what was previously believed to be impossible, the beginning of the dismantlement of the North Korean totalitarian government with the assistance of its latest Dear Leader. The problem being faced is how to accomplish the revolutionary change without triggering a bloody civil war that could result in a suicidal North Korean military offensive against South Korea and the 28 million people in Seoul. Even the current Dear Leader is a prisoner of the regime's past Juche and Communist ideologies, so any efforts to disturb the status quo by the subordinates or the current Dear Leader invites a coup by the elites who do not want to face the consequences that can result from being held accountable for the actions of the past regimes. Changing this situation peacefully is going to require time, patience, and wisdom on the part of the American, North Korean, and South Korean leaders. China will play a conflicting role, because China needs a non-threatening North Korea, but also a Communist North Korea that keeps the Korean peninsula politically and militarily divided. Trump is working to peacefully disarm the North Korean threat with the assistance of the Dear Leader and without provoking an intervention into the North Korean government and peninsula by the People's Republic of China.
Nice "little" Hollywood gem, no expensive effects just a straightforward story. A fter listening to stories my father recounted from Burma in WW2, I'm convinced socks and boots were as essential as ammunition. What kind of infantry can you have when you can't walk? As to Korea, Trump will never receive the credit due for his success in the peninsula. China has much more to gain working with the U.S. than prolonging the regime of a bunch of ideological dingbats. North Korea is an albatross around their neck. We have what North Korea needs- FOOD! You can't eat a nuclear weapon.
My father in law was a Marine, he was there too.
A very good movie!!!
Many Canadians fought and died in that crummy war god bless them all.
Along with the British.
Here in the States we capitalize the name of GOD. If you're going to ask His Blessing, give Him honor.
God never forgets and we likely don't forget in our lifetimes and we will certainly remember in the forever time.
My father Charles Hess was airborne fought in Korea would never talk about it until he was in 70s received a purple 💜 for being shot in his face ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤was my friend and father rip dad
My father was in Korea and said later, the air stunk like s#it . Turned out they used their feces for fertilizer.
German titles? WW II had heroes. Vietnam left a country that hated the veterans. Korea was possibly worse. Those vets were ignored. We fought, died, wounded physically and mentally so why were some treated so badly by our own people? If you want to blame someone for Korea and Vietnam blame the politicians and not soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen. Semper Fi and Welcome home to all my brothers SGT USMC 1964-70 RVN 1968
When the Washington know nothing politicians/leeches try to tell the Generals and Admirals how to fight a war, then we always get FUBAR.
I truly believe what you sat about Vietnam Vets! I missed the draft by a matter of weeks so I never had to serve. Sometimes I wonder if I would have been a better man if I had, but that is a different matter.
In talking with many vets that served both in the jungles of Nam and those that were in the South Pacific, I can't see that either one was overall worse than the other.
I am certain that the difference lies in the reasons we were fighting in both locations. In WW2 there was no doubt about the reasons in particular and it seemed vital to our survival. But in Nam, the reasons are much less clear and frankly even questionable which makes it even worse!
However in both places, our soldiers were fighting for their very lives and existence and that is a pretty clear reason no matter the issues that sent them there!
When the WW2 vets came home, it was to a hero's welcome and all the accolades and pride that came with it.
The Vets from Nam came back from an equally horrible experience of trying to stay alive and were met with disdain, shame and even being spit on as if the Vietnam War was their fault!
There was and is no excuse for that sort of attitude from people here that have no idea what they experienced or even the notion as to why. As for that, the people in our country that acted that way should be ashamed of themselves. I met a guy about 20 years after coming back from Nam that actually won a Bronze Star for what he had done but he wouldn't wear it because they way people acted towards him made him feel ashamed of himself for doing frankly what he HAD to do! That nearly brought tears to my eyes because on top of that, he was in the area being treated for the effects of Agent Orange!
Anyway, I told him that as one single American, I appreciated what he had done and the reasons he was their doing it!
@@TrySomethingsOnce - That is very kind of you. I held a grudge for many years because of the way the Vietnam veterans were treated. it wasn't until the Liberation of Kuwait that the public started to recognize and honor our troops. Many of those who treated the Vietnam vets badly started to recognize just how badly they had hurt men and women that simply did what their government asked of them and their only crime was coming home alive.
@@wilhard45 You are very welcome, sir. And Thank You and all like you for what you helped do!
WWII just ended, It was not as big news , Sort of like today a mass shooting of 5 people might not make it past local news
Good Movie! I see every old War Movie I Can. That Bottle of Scotch must be good after about 8 or 10 Years!
I have this book. 1st Edition in Hard cover. Was probay the second or third book I read as a child. 11-12 years old.
Had no Idea this add been made into a movie......
My "Bible" - Leonard Malkin's 2011 - didn't consider this worth a mention. Not for the first time - or even the hundredth - I have to disagree. Very watchable, worthwhile movie. Thanks for the upload - and to the sacrifice and fighting for our freedoms that this represents. All the stars in heaven.
PS - I have to confess I badly dented my own bottle of scotch while watching it. Cheers!
Old age and drinking don't mix.
Late to the comment show. I started watching all the Korea War movies I can lately. Main reason is that a game module for the Korean War was put out within the Advanced Squad Leader system and this movies touched a lot of the detail inherent in that module. One glaring equipment error was the S-55 helicopter which wasn't employed until 1951 in Korea IIRC.
Here's a recommendation for you. There is British Korean War film called a "Hill in Korea " it's black and white but it's not a bad watch .
Nearly every male in my family has served in the Marine Corps, myself included. My dad served in Korea.
What blows me away about Korea isn't the horrors of combat, the desecration of the bodies of the dead, or the extreme weather and command staff lack of concern for the welfare of their front line troops.
All of that stuff is something you must expect during your contracted service experience. What surprises me even now is the lack of proper survival equipment for everyone on the ground.
It happened during parts of WWII and WWI, but by the time war came about in Korea our military leadership should have been fully aware of the need for extreme cold weather survival gear. Yet countless young jarheads lost digits and had limbs hacked away bit by bit due to the race to beat frostbite. During my years of service we went to cold weather training in Michigan, which is where my family is originally from. The gear we were issued was engineered for our survival under extreme conditions, and Michigan is known for ridiculously large snow build-up that drifts clear over the top of private residences. Having shared all that, it wasn't even cold when I went to cold weather training.
In fact, there wasn't any freaking snow! I was all excited about learning new skills and practicing combat operations in snowy terrain, but it wasn't meant to be I guess. 🤔
Buddy we went in Iraq and Afghanistan lacking the same shit. Always fighting todays war with last wars crap. I know many guys who had family buy them real body armor private sale and ship it over. I begged and swapped till I could field an M14 just so I had the range needed. Mags fielded came from second party sales as was the scope and mounts. Many guys did the same. My Dad was sending me over match ammo bought from Sportsman Guide. Yes you can get an M1A national match sent over in parts if you know the supply guys and buy the mail room a couple of whores to look the other way when "tubes of drafting paper" come through that weigh 9 pounds..
Green Marine • Sounds like some terrible logistics*, not uncommon in our military. I know 2 retired logistics officers: 1 Marine, 1 Airman, both Majors.
I can't imagine either of them falling down on the job like that.
*Logistics refers to that branch of the military which facilitates the details of transport, quartering, and supply of troops in military operations."
the forgotten war ........never forget any of our armed forces members who served during war time ...... from WW 2 .......... thru the middle east today ........ sept 11 2022 ............. 9/11/01 ......... NEVER FORGET
Not exactly a just a propaganda movie. More of a study of human drives of control and resistance. Excellent writing to think about. Good acting too.
Another good one on Korea is: Retreat Hell
Proud to be alive.
I went to Korea in 80 or 81, can’t remember, but the air was so damn cold it froze you too the bone, man was that a cold country. Glad I only stayed 90 days, it has the Siberian cold air right from Siberia.
I was there in Jan -Dec 73. 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Hovey. Straight-leg infantry without personnel carriers. Carried everything on our backs. Coldest place I've ever been in my life, and in 26 years in the Army. Ground was too hard to dig, so we used old fighting positions from 1953. Canteens froze. C-rations froze unless carried inside our shirts. Jeeps could not have windshields up, side-curtains, or tops up, since it would be hard to get out if ambushed. On the march, we stopped every hour or so for a foot inspection by the platoon leaders. If a soldier's feet were injured by the cold, the lieutenant got an Article-15. Changed socks, placed wet socks under our armpits to dry, and then moved-out. Frostbite of the fingers or toes or anywhere was an Article-15 offense. In base camp, we had to run through the snow to get to the latrine and showers. Hootches warmed with diesel fuel heaters; had to carry the diesel cans through the snow. Even three years in Germany 77-80 was never like Korea-cold. At least for the grunts it was just miserably, awfully, brutal. A close friend of mine was a pathfinder platoon leader in the 101st in Vietnam. One day he got a replacement who had transferred from Korea. The guy said he volunteered for Vietnam jus to get our of Korea.
@@4325air camp Casey 1996. Fancy new barracks and good food, but still cold as all hell in the winter.
ROGER THAT!! LEFT COUNTRY THE YEAR BEFORE!@
Great movie thanks. Semper fi
Curioso filme del género bélico en tener un acicate básico, como es la botella de Whiskey del capitán en ser abierta sólo en un momento especial, que no se materializa, para sólo dejarla para más tarde. Simplemente genial tal producción es cuestión.
Saludos y bendiciones a todos los cinéfilos de corazón desde Venezuela.
Great movie, lots of action and it revolves around a bottle of Scotch, too....
Damn good movie. Thank you.
I was stationed in Korea from 1976-77 with the 2nd infantry division, 122 SIG Bn, B Co. 1st platoon we slept in quanset huts drove gamma goats no top or windows in the winter no heater either. Loved the country lots to see and history of the countryb
I went to Korea for Operation Team Spirit. Met some cool soldiers the 10th. Mountain. The South Koreans we operated with were pretty good soldiers. I ate dog there. I liked it. We only had a few days to walk around and see anything. No trees.
I WAS THERE THAT SAME TIME AT KUNSAN AB, ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA!!
2/72 here. 90-91. 2nd ID. Camp Casey. Coldest place on earth in my opinion was the DMZ. Casey is long gone now as is the turtle farm and TDC
BEEN TO KOREA TWICE, IT IS COLD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. NOT AS COLD AS 1975 MINOT AFB, NORTH DAKOTA WITH 80 MPH WINDS AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE 150 DEGREES BELOW ZERO!!
Fine matinee war movie to watch.
A lot of young good actors in it.
I liked that they were still called men!
Dad was Navy Corpsman there with Marines. He never spoke much about it or Vietnam.
This is one of my favorite Korean War movies. Hollywood produced a slew of Korean War movies between 1951 and 1958. After that, interest in Korean War movies largely ended.
Hollywood filmed almost all of its Korean War movies in Southern California, where the terrain is similar to the Korean countryside of 1950, rolling hills, short mountains, covered with short, dry scrub vegetation, sparse woods, largely dry, semiarid climate.
My favorite scene seems to be the one filmed at a crossroads where lies a small, ruined village. It was well-planned and executed.
I always thought the whiskey bottle thing, serving as a central morale booster was a tad unrealistic. Today that bottle would have been opened up and emptied in seconds then discarded and forgotten.
Hollywood's Korean War movies tend to be dark, gritty, violent, and bereft of much sense of glory, mostly focusing on small unit interaction and comradeship and the sense of relief at survival. In some ways, Hollywood's Korean War movies presaged the few, future Vietnam War movies and even the Saving Private Ryan type grittier war movies. Since it was 1956, blood, guts, and gore could not be depicted as later in Saving Private Ryan.
Grande Artiste • My husband saw "Saving Private Ryan" when it came out. We watch lots of war movies, but he told me I wasn't going to see that one. When he came out, he was chalk white and looked like he was going to puke. He never spoke all the way home.
Later, he said it was so real, and so terrible. I'm glad I didn't go.
i did three tours involuntary bc the idiots at the top wanted to have his Christmas party in Hong Kong USO; my first anniversary was spent in Nam; my third tour was the fat-tub smoking commander playing kissing cousins needed to spent Christmas in Hawaii for R&R, while my first son was due in three months. Asian had it worse in the USAF, no promotion for three lousy years in Nam and a purple heart added to my fate. discharged from this clown force was the best thing that happened for me.
Ooooooooorraaaaaaaah Marines! After Korea, my Father never wore anything warmer than a windbreaker. He saw no reason to be bothered by the cold at home since it didn't kill him there. Marine pride- GET SOME!
Devil Dogs, Vietnam 1967-71 3/9
Welcome home buddy.
On the Eastern side of the road south from Chosin were at least a batalion of Royal Navy Marines with probably some Desert Rats even Turkish.The West side of the road the USMarines did what they could and then Corsairs F4's bombed napalm non stop if weather allowed so US ARMY was really not in the Chosin region.There were many small groups of other UN members military for sure.This was A USMARINE action.Chosin is more than 50 miles from the open sea.Even Australian SAS I think were there.At my age memory is not so good and I have been forced to dump most of my books because the 3year packing box caravan caught up on me no room in small apartment and no garage.Bless You all and all the USAF ex personnel from Manston RAF AB 1948to1954/5.They were very good to me.
The things a Marine will do..They even rescued a bottle of Scotch...
good movie
A good movie for its time
the Korean War ended with an Armistice, rather than an allied win, which is probably why it is less remembered today. Australia was obviously one of the allies. My mother's fiance was in the airforce and died in a plane crash. My mother's next boyfriend was in the navy. Then she married my father who was also in the airforce as an engineer, repairing jet fighters.
It never ended,it’s the longest ceasefire in history ! My father was in occupied Japan when the war broke out in June of 1950 . He was sent straight too Pusan and ten miles later was engaged in active heavy combat . They didn’t even call it a war but a “ police action “ !
A fine film, thank you
Never saw this one before. Great film!
Superb story. Thanks for posting it.
Whot a lovelly film.....
My Grandfather was in the Korean conflict as he called it. He never spoke about it.
I'll tell You one thing about Korea, good food, but I never been so cold in My Life as when I was Stationed there some Years back! I wanted to put on ALL my socks and uniforms!!!
I loved my Micky mouse boots
NOT AS COLD AS 1975 MINOT AFB, ND, 150 BELOW ZERO!!!
@@gordonames1892 Okay, Ive never been in North Dakota, but Ive heard it said its really cold there too!
C vraiment triste de ne pas COMPRENDRE CE SUPER FILM !
Good movie. First time ever saw it.
Good movie, loved the helicopter.
Great movie
Funny that. The H 34 didn't fly until 1954. The battle of Chosin Reservoir happened in Dec of 1950. It was the only obvious mistake in the movie.
@@davidvoinier6008 Thanks!
@@davidvoinier6008 Check on that
My Dad was an instructor in demolition, mines, and booby traps at Fort Belvoir, Virginia for troops going to Korea!
love it thank you
Very good show, I enjoyed Chuck Connors and Peter Graves acting (RIP both).
I would have had my guys make a ring of rocks under the oil pan
and pour some gasoline in it. Light it off and heat the oil in the oil pan.
Then have my guys push start those jeeps.
I was not a Marine but I was a buck sergeant in the US Army and sometimes you
have to use a field expedient method to get things done.
our best men, be proud of them.
USAF Vietnam veteran. We dis our part too, all did.
Good one Kevin.
Those brave men and women of the greatest generation will forever be my hero's! Ed D USN USCG
I am a South Korean who always thanks the United States for sending troops and saving South Korea in Korean War and defending my country against North Korea,s invasion even nowadays
Let's pray north Korea leave you alone. "A Vietnam veteran"!
Thank you. It means very much to me.
It wasn't just the United States that sent their sons to Korea.
@@chrisholland7367
And who ?
Ah , 16 countries of UN including the United States.
Great Britain, Canada, Australia ,just to name a few.
My neighbour. Was. In. Korea. Reluctantly. Talked. About it to me. !!!
I like it
Thanks for uploading happy new year dear uploader.
This is a real nice old movie about the Korean War. There's not so much about this war so it's a rare old gem. Battle scenes are pretty realistic. The romantic scenes might be shorter but anyway, i really enjoyed watching it. Thanks for the upload.
Great story...
A.
Marine Story.
A few of my senior FD buddies were there.
Army and Marine
Never mentioned it. Then I read The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat.
Sure enough, they are mentioned in the book!
I wish I knew this movie existence I'd of watched it years ago. The sound cutting out is annoying though.
a great movie. SEMPER FI
I GREW UP NEAR A MARINE BASE. MY MOTHER WORKED ON THE BASE. SOMETIMES WE TOOK HER TO WORK, AND SEE ALL THEM MARINES RUNNING WITH FULL PACKS AND THEIR RIFLES! MADE A VOW, I WAS GOING TO BE IN THE REAR WITH THE GEAR!!!
We did a 12 mile timed march with full packs. I came in third then found out the two ahead of me had empty packs lol
A good movie.
Good movie good writing
VERY GOOD KOREAN WAR FILM
We just ended WW2, and then this sh!t happens. Sad.😒😔
Chuck Connor saw him in the RIFLE MAN in this movie also .
At the Chosin my Dad was a machine gunner with C/1/7 my uncle SGT Frank Garcia was with I/3/7 and KIA there on Dec 2
" I'm saving it. For an important occasion"
This is where they first came up with the idea of "sock it to me."
It's ironic, the troops are eager for battle, wanting stories to tell their families later, but when the fog of war clears and they come home, they have stories, but can't even let out a word.
Excelente.
Good movie semper Fi
In a nod to the movie Airplane, I keep waiting for Peter Graves' character to ask one of his men whether he's ever been in a Turkish prison.
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