Anderson Lauded at Burial Rites, Various Locations Part 2

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE R OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH egb7 ROOM 2E791 EXTENSION 75111 (A) Release No. 234-62 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 500' FINE GRAIN TO, 6 November 1962 ANDERSON LAUDED AT BURIAL RITES (Official Air Force footage released by Department of Defense) The only known casualty of the Cuben crisis was buried today and lauded as one of two pilots who first brought back proof of the Soviet missile buildup in Cube. Major Rudolf Anderson Jr., a native of Greenville, South Carolina, was buried after graveside services. General Thomas Power, Commander of the Strategic Air Command, who flew to Greenville to attend the funeral said that "Anderson who is believed to have been flying & U-2 plane when shot down over Cuba, died while performing one of the most vital and hezardous duties connected with the Cuban Crisis." Power said "Anderson and Major Richard 3. Heyser were the two reconnaissance pilots who on October 14th obtained the first conclusive evidence of the Soviet missile buildup in Cubs. NOTE TO EDITORS: 500' 35mm B/W unprocessed film handed out to Fox- Movietone for servicing theatrical pool members only. Original footage to be forwarded to 1365th Photo Squadron, Orlando Air Force Base, Orlando ,Florida, within 48 hours. PK 6/13/63 Lyfew 4-17 NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. I t is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dup e negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. E10575

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases