Watch The Big Picture - The Famous Fourth

Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's THE BIG PICTURE television series, 1950-1975. "Have Division, Will Travel," is no idle boast of Major General William Train of the Famous Fourth Infantry Division. In this issue of THE BIG PICTURE the Fourth Division's proud military history is traced through World War I and II and then brought into sharp focus on its present role as a member of STRAC, The Strategic Army Corps. THE BIG PICTURE cameras follow the Fourth Division, from its home base at Fort Lewis, Washington, as it tests its tactical capacity to be airlifted 6,000 miles from Fort Lewis to West Germany to join other NATO forces in a combined military maneuver operation "Longthrust."

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