FRENCH DECORATE AMERICANS, PARIS, FRANCE ; FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY DECORATES RUSSIANS, BERLIN, GERMANY Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4955 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1873) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 589' ea Silent 4955-1 PARIS 106 FRENCH DECORATE AMERICANS Paris, France 11 July 45 LS, US high-ranking officers lined up to receive awards from Maj Gen Alphonse Juin in the courtyard of the Hotel Des Invalides. Seq: Gen Juin awards the "Ordre Nacional De La Legion D'Honneur" (National Order of the Legion of Honor) and "Croix De Guerre with Palms" to Lt Gen John C H Lee and other high-ranking officers. Seq: US high-ranking officers parading before General Juin. (Note: During these ceremonies 30 generals, 23 colonels, 9 Lt colonels and 3 majors were decorated, but caption sheets do not contain any names except Gen Lee's.) Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBs/es Signal Corps ADC 4955 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1873) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 589' ea Silent 4955-2 LIB 7171 FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY DECORATES RUSSIANS, Berlin, Germany 12 July 1945 Seq: British Honor Guard arrives and forms in front of Brandenberg Gate. Field Marshal Bernard L Montgomery steps from sedan and reviews Honor Guard with unidentified British general. Seq: Field Marshal Montgomery and four Russian generals inspect Honor Guard. Seq: Montgomery decorates Russian generals including Sokolovsky, Malinin, Record Group 111 Shukov, and Rakosovsky. Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities