VIP VISIT - GEN WESTMORELAND AND SENATOR STENNIS; ETC Part 1

Description

Summary: Approx. 475': LS, Gen William C Westmoreland, Army Chief of Staff and Senator John C Stennis of Mississippi visit the 13th Psychological Warfare area and look at display of equipment. LS, Pope Air Force Base operations building. CU, Welcome sign. LS, plane taxis on field. Gen Westmoreland and Senator Stennis arrive and are greeted by BG Edward M Flanagan Jr. VIPs enter car and depart. VIPs visit radio station and leave. Pan down on US flag at half mast to Kennedy Hall. CU, sign: "US Army JFK Center for Special Warfare". VIPs arrive at Kennedy Hall. CU of bust of John F Kennedy. Gen Westmoreland and Senator Stennis greet and converse with troops. CU, plaque of John F Kennedy, pan to bust. PRESENTATION OF COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE.: Hg, 23d Inf, 2d Inf Div; South Korea: 04/02/1969: Approx. 125': This is the first presentation of the Combat Infantry Badge in Korea since July 27, 1953. Gen Charles H Bonesteel III and staff arrives in UH-1B copter. Gen Bonesteel talking with officer. Officer reads citation. Gen Bonesteel pins badge on jacket of Sgt Henry S Dobbins. CU, Gen Bonesteel shakes hands with Sgt Dobbins. The general speaks; officers look on. Officers congratulate the soldier. Bonesteel and party depart in copter. MILLIONTH R&R MAN.: Honolulu, Hawaii: 04/17/1969: Approx. 170': VS, Pan American Airlines Boeing 707 jet aircraft taxis out to runway. The Boeing 707 takes off. RV, servicemen's wives and others watch plane taxi and take off. Group departs after the plane's departure.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection