ARRIVAL OF LT. GEN. ALBERT C. WEDEMEYER Part 1

Description

Summary: Gen Wedemeyer, Commander of the US Forces in China, gets out of plane and is greeted by Maj Gen Richard J Marshall and Lt Gen Wilhelm D Styer. Gen Wedemeyer enters car and leaves airfield. (A Brig Gen Francis G Brink also appears, according to the caption, but cannot be identified.) ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN DELEGATION AND MACARTHUR CEREMONY.: Manila, Philippine Islands: 4/24/1946. Plane arrives at Nichols Field, bearing Lt Gen Kuzma Nikolaevech Derevyanko and Maj Gen of Aviation Voronov Nicholai. The party is met by Col AS Lander, representing Gen Douglas MacArthur. Seq: President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Sergio Osmena, and Gen MacArthur arrive at the University of Santo Tomas. Gen MacArthur dons a gown and the ceremony proceeds. GENERAL MARK W CLARK AT ANZIO CEMETERY.: Italy: 06/1949. LS, graves decorated with flags. MLS, elderly Italian woman places wreath on grave, kneels, crosses herself, and says prayer. Young man places a wreath on grave. A young boy stands at graveside. Gen Clark arrives, salutes. CU, Gen Clark. Cut-in, Italian troops at attention. Wreaths are placed as Gen Clark stands at attention and salutes.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities