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"STRAC FOURTH"
OPERATING UNDER NATO, THE STRAC FOURTH ASSUMES MAJOR SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD CONCLUDES WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THIS FAMED UNIT'S PRESENT FORCE.
-AUDIE MURPHY REVIEWS THE FAR-FLUNG NATO INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND VISITS WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE ACCOMPANIED BY LT. GENERAL ARTHUR G. TRUDEAU, FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
-ROLE OF THE ARMOR - AUTHENTIC COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM WWII AND KOREA IS USED TO DEPICT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARMOR FROM IT'S EARLIEST BEGINNING TO IT'S ALL-IMPORTANT ROLE IN TODAY'S ARMY.

MS- ENTRANCE TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON STATE THE HOME OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

MS- OFFICER BRIEFS HIS MEN IN THE FIELD THEN THEY RUN AND CLIMB INTO ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS

MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES RECOILLESS RIFLES AND MORTARS. LS- HELICOPTERS LAND AND STRAC TROOPS POUR OUT ACROSS THE GRASSY FIELD.

MS- THOUSANDS OF TROOPS MINGLE CLOSE TOGETHER WAITING SHIPMENT TO THE FRONT. VINTAGE TRUCKS TIGHTLY PACKED WITH DOUGHBOYS RIDE TO FRONT IN WWI.

MONTAGE- AS CANNONS FIRE NAMES OF BATTLE GROUNDS FOR THE 4TH APPEAR ON SCREEN. THE MARNE, CHATEAU THIERRY, ST. MIHIEL, VERDUN AND THE ARGONNE FOREST.

MONTAGE- YOUNG SERIOUS FACES OF GERMAN TROOPS JUST PRIOR TO WWII. MS- GERMAN PARATROOPS JUMP FROM PLANE OVER POLAND.

MS- GERMAN TROOPS LED BY MOUNTED SOLDIERS MARCH UNDER THE ARCH DE TRIOMPE IN PARIS.

LS- GIS JUMP OFF PLATFORMS TO THE GROUND AND CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS FROM A HIGH BUILDING IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT TRAINING.

MS- A GI THROWS HIMSELF ACROSS A BARBED WIRE BARRICADE USING HIS BODY FOR THE MEN TO RUN OVER.

MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION BOARD TRANSPORT SHIPS FOR THE INVASION ON D-DAY

MONTAGE GIS RUN THROUGH SMOLDERING DEBRIS OF BUILDINGS IN CHERBOURGH IN HOUSE TO HOUSE COMBAT

MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH BATTLE THROUGH THE INFAMOUS HEDGEROWS OF THE FRENCH FARMLANDS.

LS- A FRENCH WOMAN USES A BIG POLE TO KNOCK DOWN A GERMAN SIGN ON A BUILDING. MAN CLIMBS A LADDER TO MOUNT A FRENCH FLAG ON A BUILDING

MONTAGE- PARISIANS CHEER IN THE STREETS.

LS- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION CROWD THE DECKS OF A TROOP TRANSPORT AS THEY ARRIVE HOME.

MS- A MAN FISHING IN A STREAM.

LS- TROOPS OF THE REACTIVATED 4TH WALK DOWN GANGPLANK FROM A TROOPSHIP AT A EUROPEAN PORT.

MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT RIDE OUT OF THE UNDERSIDE OF A LANDING SHIP-DOCK AND SPEED TO THE SHORE.
LS- A SMOKING MAKING CRAFT COVERS THE LANDING BOATS WITH A THICK SMOKE SCREEN.

MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF WEAPONS INCLUDING, MORTARS, SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY 'HONEST JOHN' ROCKETS, RECOILLESS RIFLES AND TANKS