WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:09.000 ♪♪ 00:09.000 --> 00:20.000 ♪♪ 00:20.000 --> 00:23.500 ♪♪ 00:23.500 --> 00:30.000 Today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the American soldier, stand ready. 00:30.000 --> 00:38.000 On the alert all over the world to defend this country, you, the American people, against aggression. 00:38.000 --> 00:45.000 This is The Big Picture, an official television report to the nation from the United States Army. 00:45.000 --> 00:52.000 Now, to show you part of The Big Picture, here is Sergeant Stuart Queen. 00:52.000 --> 00:58.500 Today, a milestone in the modernization of the United States Army is taking place at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 00:58.500 --> 01:04.500 It is the reorganization day ceremony of the new 101st Airborne Division, 01:04.500 --> 01:08.500 better known as the Screaming Eagles of World War II fame. 01:08.500 --> 01:13.500 Deactivated after World War II and a brilliant combat service record, 01:13.500 --> 01:18.000 the 101st is well on its way toward the new atomic army concept, 01:18.000 --> 01:23.000 with weapons, new equipment, new organization, and tactical employment 01:23.000 --> 01:30.000 to play a key role in the Army's plans for the atomic era. 01:30.000 --> 01:34.000 Here today is being baptized a revolutionary fighting machine, 01:34.000 --> 01:37.500 which may be the prototype for Army divisions of the future. 01:37.500 --> 01:45.000 All-purpose units which can fly at a moment's notice to trouble spots anywhere in the world. 01:45.000 --> 01:52.000 Fittingly, the reorganization ceremonies are opened with a field prayer for world peace. 01:52.000 --> 02:00.000 The division chaplain prays that peace and understanding among the nations of the world be granted. 02:00.000 --> 02:07.000 On hand to unsheath the colors of the reborn 101st are Secretary of the Army Wilbur M. Brucker 02:07.000 --> 02:13.000 and Army Chief of Staff General Maxwell D. Taylor. 02:13.000 --> 02:19.000 Overhead as part of the ceremonies, a mass paratroop demonstration gets underway. 02:19.000 --> 02:25.000 Among the jumpers are many combat veterans of the original 101st Airborne Division. 02:25.000 --> 02:28.000 Courage is the chief characteristic of the paratrooper, 02:28.000 --> 02:34.000 but as well as courage, he's got to have stamina and a driving will to fight. 02:34.000 --> 02:38.000 It's this kind of soldier that makes up the Airborne Division 02:38.000 --> 02:44.000 and gives it the capability of carrying out decisive combat on any portion of the Earth's surface. 02:44.000 --> 02:50.000 He's equipped to move fast and hit hard. 02:50.000 --> 02:55.000 Heavy equipment from howitzers to trucks land with the Airborne infantry of today. 02:55.000 --> 03:00.000 Mobile and flexible, the 101st is prepared to fight in independent actions, 03:00.000 --> 03:11.000 accomplish its mission, sustain itself, then move on to another trouble spot to repeat the cycle. 03:11.000 --> 03:18.000 Here today, too, is the division's mascot, getting a look at some of the new weapons at the division's command. 03:18.000 --> 03:22.000 The Honest John Rocker, capable of carrying an atomic warhead, 03:22.000 --> 03:28.000 is one of the new weapons giving the division added punch. 03:28.000 --> 03:31.000 The assault-type aircraft, like the C-123, 03:31.000 --> 03:36.000 are capable of carrying far greater payloads than their counterparts of World War II. 03:36.000 --> 03:41.000 Moreover, they take off and land in much shorter distances. 03:41.000 --> 03:49.000 Almost any open field may become a landing strip for the 123. 03:49.000 --> 03:56.000 The traditional army mule of the horse-drawn artillery days is fast becoming a vanishing species, 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 taking its place as the new mechanical mule. 03:59.000 --> 04:03.000 It's built to transport weapons, ammunition, or men. 04:03.000 --> 04:10.000 Of all its many potentialities, the mechanical mule will probably prove most valuable to the foot soldier 04:10.000 --> 04:14.000 by increasing his cross-country mobility. 04:14.000 --> 04:21.000 A real eye-opener on display here today is the Army's newest means of air transportation for troops in the field. 04:21.000 --> 04:27.000 Officially, it's the DeLacquer Aerocycle. Unofficially, the Flying Platform. 04:27.000 --> 04:34.000 The high point in the day's ceremonies is an address by Army Chief of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor. 04:34.000 --> 04:42.000 Secretary Bucker, officers and men of the 101st Airborne Division, 04:42.000 --> 04:49.000 this is indeed a wonderful day for me to return to this field in Kentucky 04:49.000 --> 05:02.000 to attend this celebration which marks the rebirth of one of the truly great fighting units of American military history. 05:02.000 --> 05:14.000 I am happy to be here both as Chief of Staff and as a former member and commanding general of this division. 05:14.000 --> 05:26.000 As Chief of Staff, I look upon this unit as a symbol of the new Army being brought into being. 05:26.000 --> 05:33.000 You have the honor to pioneer in a field of great military importance. 05:33.000 --> 05:43.000 This division will have in it greater firepower, greater mobility, increased readiness to respond to aggression 05:43.000 --> 05:49.000 than we've ever found about the world, than any division-sized unit in our past history. 05:49.000 --> 05:59.000 As such, it will act as a prototype for the development of other units with similar characteristics. 05:59.000 --> 06:10.000 You officers and men who participate in this experiment must show bold thought, initiative, readiness to accept change 06:10.000 --> 06:19.000 in order that we may exploit to the maximum the military assets of this new organization. 06:19.000 --> 06:32.000 Now as a former member of the World War II Division, I am happy to be here to see the colors of the old division once more fly proudly in the breeze. 06:32.000 --> 06:42.000 The 101st Airborne Division was a truly great unit in which to have served in time of war. 06:42.000 --> 06:45.000 It was great because of the people who were in it. 06:45.000 --> 06:54.000 For the many veterans of the original 101st who formed the hard core of the new division, strong memories are revived. 06:54.000 --> 07:02.000 For me it goes all the way back to 1940, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, and other places. 07:02.000 --> 07:10.000 August 42, the old 101st and the 82nd were activated as twin airborne divisions, the country's first. 07:10.000 --> 07:14.000 When General Lee took over the Screaming Eagles, he sure hit it right on the head. 07:14.000 --> 07:20.000 The 101st has no history, he said, but it has a rendezvous with destiny. 07:20.000 --> 07:26.000 And we had a lot to learn, and we learned it the hard way, by trial and error. 07:26.000 --> 07:30.000 There weren't any manuals, and nobody had this kind of combat experience. 07:30.000 --> 07:36.000 In jumps and training problems, we learned how to land and organize, how to seize key targets. 07:36.000 --> 07:44.000 Get tough, we told each other. We're paratroops. We're number one guys. 07:44.000 --> 07:50.000 A year later, we're in England. Everybody's glad to see us, from the Prime Minister down the line. 07:50.000 --> 07:53.000 The big brass is very interested in how our training's been going, 07:53.000 --> 08:00.000 because we're slated to handle a big job in cracking what's been advertised as Fortress Europe. 08:00.000 --> 08:07.000 We're not going through the wall, we're going over it. 08:07.000 --> 08:11.000 And we're going in in the dark, on the night before D-Day. 08:11.000 --> 08:15.000 Target, the Cherbourg Peninsula, facing Utah Beach. 08:15.000 --> 08:21.000 Objective, knock out enemy forces guarding routes inland. 08:21.000 --> 08:24.000 The British have been saying an airborne assault will be too costly. 08:24.000 --> 08:27.000 They urged General Eisenhower to give up the idea, 08:27.000 --> 08:33.000 but his own staff figured it was essential for the rapid development of the overall invasion plan. 08:33.000 --> 08:37.000 Even today, Ike says it was one of the toughest decisions of the war. 08:37.000 --> 08:43.000 So then, on D-Day minus one, we Screaming Eagles are ready for our first combat jump. 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 Ike tried to hide his own tension, and ease ours, 08:47.000 --> 08:57.000 by kidding us about the taste of the cocoa and linseed oil smeared on our faces. 08:57.000 --> 09:03.000 At midnight, we're heading for the plains. 6,600 Screaming Eagles. 09:03.000 --> 09:11.000 Waiting for us are the C-47s. The payoff of our training is only a few hours off. 09:11.000 --> 09:15.000 The invasion fleet is already in the channel. There's no turning back now. 09:15.000 --> 09:17.000 We're as ready as we'll ever be. 09:17.000 --> 09:24.000 There'll be a few surprises for us, sure, but there'll be more for the enemy waiting down there. 09:24.000 --> 09:29.000 Then we're on our way. 09:29.000 --> 09:34.000 Man, the weather and the flack and the dark. We got trouble. 09:34.000 --> 09:37.000 Some guys are dropping way away from their drop zones. 09:37.000 --> 09:43.000 Even General Taylor, who's running the show, lands all alone. 09:43.000 --> 10:01.000 So we team up in small groups and go after the bridges and causeways the best we can. 10:01.000 --> 10:03.000 We're fighting against time, too. 10:03.000 --> 10:07.000 Daylight's coming, and the invasion fleet is heading for the beaches of Normandy. 10:07.000 --> 10:10.000 The mightiest seaborne invasion of all time is coming in, 10:10.000 --> 10:15.000 and they're counting on our airborne invasion to pick the lock of Fortress Europe. 10:40.000 --> 10:53.000 By the time the first troops are landed by the Anvibs, we've knocked off our key objectives, 10:53.000 --> 10:59.000 with small bunches of men overwhelming large enemy units. 10:59.000 --> 11:05.000 With our D-Day objectives out of the way, we move against a town called Carentan. 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 It's a railroad and highway center. 11:08.000 --> 11:13.000 We're not taking losses, but taking the high ground, infiltrating and finally pinching off the town 11:13.000 --> 11:16.000 and its diehard defenders. 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 We beat off counterattacks one after another 11:18.000 --> 11:38.000 and keep the way open between the invasion beaches. 11:38.000 --> 11:46.000 By the time we round up the prisoners, nearly one out of every four Screaming Eagles is a casualty. 11:46.000 --> 11:51.000 After we've seized all our objectives, the 101st takes a well-deserved rest. 11:51.000 --> 11:55.000 At the town of Carentan, many of us receive the Silver Star. 11:55.000 --> 12:01.000 Later, many will receive the Medal of Honor. 12:01.000 --> 12:06.000 The people really take us to heart, which means more than medals to us. 12:06.000 --> 12:12.000 But our job's just begun. 12:12.000 --> 12:16.000 Back in England, we get ready for Operation Market Basket. 12:16.000 --> 12:19.000 This is going to be the biggest airdrop of the war. 12:19.000 --> 12:23.000 Now we're teaming up with the 82nd and a British airborne division. 12:23.000 --> 12:27.000 This time we're going into Holland. 12:27.000 --> 12:31.000 On the continent, the Allies have pushed the Germans north of Ghent and Antwerp 12:31.000 --> 12:36.000 and west of a north-south highway leading to Eindhoven and Veckel. 12:36.000 --> 12:40.000 The plan's for us to grab a highway for a breakthrough to the north. 12:40.000 --> 12:44.000 This will open up the way for a drive across the Rhine right into Germany. 12:44.000 --> 12:50.000 Man, if we were nervous about dropping into Normandy, we're really keyed up for this operation. 12:50.000 --> 12:54.000 We're going in at daylight. 12:54.000 --> 13:00.000 It's just about midway when we cross the Channel and then Belgium toward our drop zones in Holland. 13:00.000 --> 13:04.000 Objective, Eindhoven and its highway bridges. 13:04.000 --> 13:10.000 Over the drop zones, nearly 7,000 Screaming Eagles bail out. 13:10.000 --> 13:13.000 While the landing in Normandy was a mixed-up mess at the start, 13:13.000 --> 13:16.000 the drop into Holland turns out to be a piece of cake. 13:16.000 --> 13:27.000 Weather and daylight are on our side, and at first, there isn't much enemy opposition. 13:27.000 --> 13:30.000 Gliders bring in men, material, and equipment. 13:30.000 --> 13:35.000 By the hundreds, these noiseless aircraft swoop into the flat fields of Holland. 13:35.000 --> 13:38.000 Naturally, it's not a 100 percent easy show. 13:38.000 --> 13:42.000 As the landings continue, a fog moves in on the fields. 13:42.000 --> 13:52.000 This makes it mighty rough on the glider guys. 13:52.000 --> 13:55.000 The Dutch people welcome us warmly. 13:55.000 --> 13:57.000 Their underground rallies to our aid. 13:57.000 --> 14:02.000 This time, our units assemble quickly and move toward their objectives right on schedule. 14:02.000 --> 14:13.000 After years under the Nazi heel, the Dutch farmers and townspeople turn themselves inside out trying to help us. 14:13.000 --> 14:19.000 You might say it went too easy for us at the beginning, but with cheering crowds and smiling faces to greet us. 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 So we've taken the Germans by surprise. 14:21.000 --> 14:26.000 Right now, they're getting ready to give us their version of a happy welcome. 14:26.000 --> 14:39.000 When they open up, we know we're in for a real fight. 14:39.000 --> 14:42.000 We've got to fight them for every bridge, for every canal. 14:42.000 --> 14:46.000 We fight them for every inch to hold and expand our airhead. 14:46.000 --> 14:52.000 We smash through artillery, machine gun, and mortar and small arms fire and take the town to Wijnhoven, 14:52.000 --> 15:00.000 trying to keep the highway open so our own armor can roll to the north across the Rhine. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 But a little rain is able to do what the Wehrmacht couldn't. 15:03.000 --> 15:06.000 The low-lying fields of Holland turn into a quagmire. 15:06.000 --> 15:11.000 Our offensive bogs down, up to its knees in gloomy mud. 15:11.000 --> 15:17.000 We took Wijnhoven all right, but the campaign to strike through Arnheim falls apart. 15:17.000 --> 15:22.000 Lieutenant General Louis Brereton, commanding general of the 1st Airborne Army, 15:22.000 --> 15:26.000 paid this tribute to the 101st and the 82nd Divisions. 15:26.000 --> 15:31.000 Everybody will remember Arnheim, but no one will remember that two American divisions 15:31.000 --> 15:40.000 fought their hearts out in the Dutch Canal country and whipped hell out of the Germans. 15:40.000 --> 15:45.000 For us now, the old saying about no rest for the weary holds true. 15:45.000 --> 15:51.000 We spent three days of combat in Holland, then suddenly from France we're heading for Belgium. 15:51.000 --> 15:55.000 We have to get there and fast. 15:55.000 --> 15:59.000 We load into trucks with whatever equipment we can lay our hands on. 15:59.000 --> 16:06.000 Later, supplies would be dropped to us from the air. 16:06.000 --> 16:14.000 Our column runs all night with blazing lights, ignoring the risk of attack by the Luftwaffe. 16:14.000 --> 16:19.000 In the heat of the fog and bad flying weather, the Wehrmacht launches a desperate counterattack. 16:19.000 --> 16:22.000 They're throwing 25 divisions at us. 16:22.000 --> 16:28.000 Our lines reel back. The battle of the bulge is on. 16:28.000 --> 16:33.000 Our mission is to defend Bastogne, a Belgian road and rail center. 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 Everybody else is getting out of town. We're going in. 16:37.000 --> 16:43.000 We take positions in the open fields, positions we hope will give us command of the situation at Bastogne. 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 Even the weather's got an end for us. 16:45.000 --> 16:49.000 Not only is it freezing cold, but it's got a snow on top of that. 16:49.000 --> 16:58.000 Any way you look at it, things can't get much worse. 16:58.000 --> 17:02.000 Germans have cut the main road to the south and now we're surrounded. 17:02.000 --> 17:05.000 We're cold and hungry and short of supplies. 17:05.000 --> 17:08.000 Our ammo has reached a dangerous low. 17:08.000 --> 17:11.000 The enemy figures he's got us just where he wants us. 17:11.000 --> 17:14.000 After all, they've got us in a box. 17:14.000 --> 17:18.000 The weather's so lousy we can't get any supplies by air, which is what we've been counting on. 17:18.000 --> 17:22.000 So they send over the message, surrender or be annihilated. 17:22.000 --> 17:25.000 Our answer, just one word, nuts. 17:25.000 --> 17:28.000 I guess that kind of irritates them. 17:28.000 --> 17:44.000 We really pour it on. 17:44.000 --> 17:51.000 Come morning, though, we're still in business, trying to make every precious round count. 17:51.000 --> 17:55.000 At the slightest break in the battle action, we take time out for religious services. 17:55.000 --> 18:00.000 At this point, about all we can do is pray for some kind of help. 18:00.000 --> 18:04.000 Then, just like an answer to our prayers, the weather lets up on us. 18:04.000 --> 18:09.000 For the first time in what seems like years, allied planes are able to get into the air. 18:09.000 --> 18:12.000 And oh, what a lovely sight they are. 18:12.000 --> 18:15.000 Fighters, bombers and cargo planes. 18:15.000 --> 18:26.000 The enemy throws all the flak he has at the big birds, but the planes come on just the same. 18:26.000 --> 18:33.000 And what looks best of all to us are our fat friends, the C-47s, bringing the guns and ammo we need so bad. 18:33.000 --> 18:54.000 When we talk about manna from heaven, this is it for us. 18:54.000 --> 18:58.000 We rush out to grab the supplies to get shells into our guns. 18:58.000 --> 19:02.000 This is the stuff to put the claws back in the screaming eagles. 19:02.000 --> 19:05.000 And before the fragile, noiseless birds come in to give us a hand. 19:05.000 --> 19:11.000 Bringing more equipment and more men to help us hold the battered city. 19:11.000 --> 19:23.000 Now at last we got the what with to fight back. 19:23.000 --> 19:29.000 Again and again, enemy tanks and infantry smash through our thin line of bazooka and riflemen. 19:29.000 --> 19:34.000 But every time we throw them out again, the German high command is tearing their hair out. 19:34.000 --> 19:39.000 We're forcing them to commit larger and larger forces to knock out Bastogne. 19:39.000 --> 19:42.000 We're breaking the momentum of his whole attack. 19:42.000 --> 19:58.000 Along with American armor and tank destroyers, we're stopping cold everything thrown at us from north, east, south and west. 19:58.000 --> 20:03.000 Finally, after 33 days of fighting, the enemy's had it. 20:03.000 --> 20:07.000 The doom of the last desperate Wehrmacht surge of the war is sealed. 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 But holding Bastogne cost us a lot too. 20:10.000 --> 20:14.000 3,500 of us have given our blood or our lives. 20:14.000 --> 20:19.000 There have been many, many individual acts of heroism by officers and enlisted men. 20:19.000 --> 20:25.000 They'll be remembered whenever the name Bastogne is mentioned. 20:25.000 --> 20:28.000 For our job, we get a very special honor. 20:28.000 --> 20:34.000 Never before in American history has a full division been cited for gallantry and action. 20:34.000 --> 20:38.000 Another first for the 101st. 20:38.000 --> 20:43.000 Now the Wehrmacht is cracking up so fast we aren't needed as paratroopers anymore. 20:43.000 --> 20:50.000 We become part and parcel of the ground forces that are driving the German war machine deeper and deeper into their homeland. 20:50.000 --> 20:59.000 As the enemy falls back, we roll right up after it, not giving them a chance to catch his breath. 20:59.000 --> 21:02.000 It's been a long, hard road from Fort Benning and Fort Bragg. 21:02.000 --> 21:09.000 So now, after five years of training and fighting, we're coming to the end of the line. 21:09.000 --> 21:13.000 Berchtesgaden, Hitler's mountain retreat. 21:13.000 --> 21:16.000 This had been a playground for Hitler and his cronies. 21:16.000 --> 21:24.000 Now it's under new management, and we're getting our first real break for some sightseeing. 21:24.000 --> 21:34.000 The number one attraction is Hitler's Eagle Nest, a very proper spot for the screaming eagles to finally come to rest. 21:34.000 --> 21:40.000 But a tough fighting bird won't stay grounded, as the ceremonies here today prove. 21:40.000 --> 21:47.000 A division called upon to appear in such roles and in such places could not have failed to be a great division. 21:47.000 --> 21:56.000 And I can assure you, your forebears who preceded you justified the destiny which they were allowed to perform. 21:56.000 --> 22:06.000 Now in closing, I want to congratulate all of you who are today wearing the proud patch of the 101st Airborne Division. 22:06.000 --> 22:16.000 You can see by the former commanders who have returned from all over the world the importance they attach to their former associations here. 22:16.000 --> 22:24.000 To us who were screaming eagles in World War II, it is our proudest boast that we were men of the 101st. 22:24.000 --> 22:35.000 So I charge you all, you who are joining us for the first time, to be worthy of the heritage which you have received from the past. 22:35.000 --> 22:41.000 Following General Taylor's address, another demonstration is held as part of today's ceremonies. 22:41.000 --> 22:49.000 Members of the 502nd Airborne Group of the 101st Airborne Division take part in a simulated combat action 22:49.000 --> 22:55.000 to illustrate the speed and mobility with which these special, highly trained groups can perform. 22:55.000 --> 23:03.000 This 11-man team has been given the mission of attacking and destroying a small bridge held by aggressor forces. 23:03.000 --> 23:17.000 Members of such groups have been trained to fight and defend themselves with both conventional and atomic weapons. 23:17.000 --> 23:23.000 Speed, mobility, and versatility are the key concepts behind the Army's new look. 23:23.000 --> 23:30.000 Fast-moving, highly skilled paratroopers are part of the Army's answer to the pressing military demands of today 23:30.000 --> 23:35.000 when brushfire wars may, without warning, break out anywhere in the world. 23:35.000 --> 23:49.000 [♪dramatic music playing♪♪, gunshots firing, explosions popping, music playing♪♪, gunshots firing, explosions popping, music playing♪♪.] 23:49.000 --> 23:55.000 Fundamental to the thinking behind operations such as this is the demand for foot soldiers 23:55.000 --> 24:00.000 who can fight independent actions in small groups, who can accomplish their mission swiftly 24:00.000 --> 24:05.000 and then move on fast to wherever their presence might be needed next. 24:05.000 --> 24:13.000 You have only to multiply the number of squads such as this one to hit the enemy hard and suddenly in widespread areas. 24:13.000 --> 24:32.000 [♪dramatic music playing♪♪, gunshots firing, explosions popping, music playing♪♪, gunshots firing, explosions popping, music playing♪♪.] 24:32.000 --> 24:37.000 Once the immediate objective has been achieved, the squad pulls out hurriedly. 24:37.000 --> 24:42.000 While formerly the paratrooper would be left as an infantryman to fight his way over the ground, 24:42.000 --> 24:49.000 new techniques employed by the 101st Airborne Division are revolutionizing the paratroopers' combat methods. 24:49.000 --> 24:55.000 Today, small light aircraft come in to pick up the squad and fly them to another area of operation. 24:55.000 --> 25:04.000 Such techniques point toward greater and greater mobility for the foot soldier. 25:04.000 --> 25:08.000 At day's end and the conclusion of today's reorganization ceremonies, 25:08.000 --> 25:15.000 the 101st Airborne Division marches forward to refulfill, if called upon, the prophecy made years ago 25:15.000 --> 25:20.000 that the 101st has a rendezvous with destiny. 25:20.000 --> 25:39.000 [♪orchestra singing meals with angels♪♪]. 25:50.000 --> 25:54.000 that will always make them free. 25:54.000 --> 25:58.000 Jump right down through the skies of blue, 25:58.000 --> 26:02.000 keep your eye on the job to be done. 26:02.000 --> 26:06.000 We're the men of the hundred first, 26:06.000 --> 26:14.000 we'll fight till the battles won. 26:14.000 --> 26:17.000 As Secretary of the Army Brooker said in his address 26:17.000 --> 26:20.000 at the Reorganization Day ceremonies, 26:20.000 --> 26:24.000 the 101st Airborne Division is streamlined, 26:24.000 --> 26:27.000 but it's got the power and the punch 26:27.000 --> 26:30.000 and the magnitude and the integrity to go with it, 26:30.000 --> 26:36.000 and it has many times the striking power of divisions of the past. 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 Now this is Sergeant Stuart Queen 26:38.000 --> 26:41.000 inviting you to be with us again next week 26:41.000 --> 26:47.000 for another look at your Army in action on The Big Picture. 26:47.000 --> 26:52.000 The Big Picture is a weekly television report to the nation 26:52.000 --> 26:56.000 on the activities of the Army at home and overseas. 26:56.000 --> 27:00.000 Produced by the Army Pictorial Center, 27:00.000 --> 27:05.000 presented by the United States Army in cooperation with this station. 27:05.000 --> 27:09.000 You too can be an important part of The Big Picture. 27:09.000 --> 27:13.000 You can proudly serve with the best equipped, the best trained, 27:13.000 --> 27:40.000 the best fighting team in the world today, the United States Army.