Chester V. Clifton Photograph Collection

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Chester V. Clifton Photograph Collection

1961

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Contains the following type of materials: photo album.;General description of the collection: The Chester V. Clifton photograph collection includes an album which pictures the events and demonstrations at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in October 1961, during a visit of President John F. Kennedy to that installation for an Army Combat Readiness Demonstration. Major General Clifton was the military aide to the President. Besides the various troops performing the demonstrations and review parade, principals include: President Kennedy, Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Secretary of the Navy, John B. Connally, Chief of the Tactical Air Command, General Walter C. Sweeney, Air Force Chief of Staff, General Curtis E. LeMay, General George H. Decker, Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Thomas J.H. Trapnell, commanding general 18th Airborne Corps, Major General Charles W.G. Rich, commanding general, 101st Airborne Division and several other dignitaries. All of the 66 photographs in the album deal with the activities of that single day. Biography or History: Chester V. Clifton was a United States (U.S.) Army general and a military aide to President Kennedy.

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Clifton, Chester Victor Jr., 1913-1991

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Chester Victor Clifton Jr. (September 24, 1913 – December 23, 1991) was a Major General in the United States Army and an aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Clifton was born in Edmonton, Alberta before moving to the United States and settling in Puyallup, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a master's degree in Journalism. As a civilian he worked as a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...