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| A1 | President Truman warns the American people "aggression must be met firmly, appeasement leads to further aggression and war" | |
| A2 | The British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, wonders about Chinese intentions in Korea | |
| A3 | ... and goes on to outline the threat to world peace in uncharacteristically dramatics terms | |
| A4 | First impressions of life in the Pusan perimeter by men of the British 27th Infantry Division ... Brigadier Gwynne remembers his exotic welcome | |
| A5 | 27th Brigade Commanding Officer, Brigadier Coad, outlines the problems facing him | |
| A6 | Captain Evans describes "the cowboy phase, no one really knew what was going on" | |
| A7 | On the Naktong river front Colonel Willoughby remembers the feeling of being heavily outnumbered by North Korean troops | |
| A8 | Alvar Liddell reports on the early fighting around Pusan ... | |
| A9 | ... and then General MacArthur's brilliantly conceived seaborne assult on Inchon | |
| A10 | James Cameron remembers a "moment of peculiar lunacy" as a press boat full of "disputing and terrified" correspondents lands at Inchon ahead of the U. S. Marines | |
| A11 | Alvar Liddell announces the securing of the Inchon beach head | |
| A12 | Following U. N. success at Inchon, James Cameron sees events "flipping quickly from disaster to conquest" in "this beastly and disgusting war" | |
| A13 | Brigadier Gwynne, second in command of the Middlesex Regiment, describes the friendly rivalry as the U. N. troops raced north of the thirty-eight Parallel | |
| A14 | Sergeant Warner remembers with some feeling his first G. I. breakfast | |
| A15 | Major Farrar-Hockley, with the Gloucesters, has a hearty disregard for the language barriers ... | |
| A16 | ... while James Cameron has problems | |
| A17 | Rene Cutforth recalls the wind of the Korean winter that sapped morale and created "generalised fear" | |
| A18 | Australian troops have a typically graphic name for the Korean wind. Colonel Willoughby remembers | |
| A19 | As the war turned against the U. N. Forces, the retreat south begins. Brigadier Gwynne, in the rearguard, sees the columns moving back | |
| A20 | Captain Evans sees an American division "shot up" in its wild retreat south | |
| A21 | With the refugees streaming southwards, Colonel Willoughby remembers "one particular tragic moment" | |
| A22 | Rene Cutforth's vivid despatch picks out the individual human tragedies among the refugees | |
| A23 | Sir Gladwin Jebb, Ambassador to the U. N., gives Great Britain's reaction as Chinese Communists enter the war. | |
| A24 | "Never ride the lonely road, above all at sundown" ... James Cameron recalls a Korean maxim | |
| B1 | Sargeant Warner, of 1st Middlesex, describes a typical Chinese attack | |
| B2 | ... while Colonel Rickcord, Ulster Rifles, and Sergeant Taylor, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, assess the merits of the Chinese private soldier | |
| B3 | (As track 2) | |
| B4 | The Chinese Spring offensive opens on the Imjim River front. Major Farrar-Hackley, adjutant of the Gloucesters, saw the attackers' first wave ... | |
| B5 | ... and describes the action which led to the award of a posthumous V. C. to Lieutenant Curtis in fierce fighting on the Imjin | |
| B6 | Major Nixon, Company Commander in the Ulster Rifles, gives a breezty account of continuous Chinese attacks beaten off over three days | |
| B7 | Surrounded by Chinese Infantry the Gloucesters hold their position. General Brodie recalls giving the order to hold | |
| B8 | At the height of the battle RSM Smyth hears the Drum Major answer the constant Chinese bugles with his own full repertiore | |
| B9 | U. S. General Matthew Ridgway pays tribute to the Gloucesters' stand on the Imjin | |
| B10 | Private Speakman laconically relives the action which resulted in his V. C. | |
| B11 | Following their capture at the battle of the Imjin River, Major Farrar-Hockley (Gloucesters) and Private May (Ulster Rifles) reflect on the early days of their captivity | |
| B12 | (As track 11) | |
| B13 | Physical ill-treatment in the P. O. W. camps was common. Fusilier Kimme recalls one experience | |
| B14 | A day in the life of a Prisoner of War. Army Chaplain Davies remembers the cold, the hunger and the indoctrination classes | |
| B15 | President Truman outlines his reaons for dismissing General MacArthur, "the cause of world peace is more important than any one individual" | |
| B16 | General Douglas MacArthur bids his historic farewell to an appreciative American Congress | |
| B17 | Major General West, Commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division, recalls the bitter fighting of the last few months of the war | |
| B18 | President Truman, in an emotional after-dinner speech, rejects the criticism that the Korean War is "Truman's War" | |
| B19 | Henry Cabot Lodge jnr, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations presents the official truce communication to the U. N. Secretary General | |
| B20 | "The ceremony took place in almost complete silence". Major General West sees the signing of the Armistice at Panmunjom | |
| B21 | Private May, in captivity, celebrates the Armistice with a little peace wine | |
| B22 | President Eisenhower, in sombre mood, welcomes the ending of hostilities | |
| B23 | "There never was a war like this one for bitterness and savagery." James Cameron gives his prescient verdict on the War | |
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