Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION BLUE JAY, THULE, GREENLAND

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION BLUE JAY, THULE, GREENLAND

1952

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25397

A crane lifts girders, I-beams, from stockpile and loads them on truck. August 6 - LS, stockpile of steel and steel parts (dull). Seq: A man sets down a length of board - looks like a railroad tie - then a saddle is nailed onto it to hold the pipe. Men work on a section of Ric-Wil pipe. Crane lines lower pipe section to saddles. CU, welder works on pipe. LS of sections of Ric-Wil pipe already on the skids, but not joined together; crane in background. August 8 - Seq: Visit of party consisting of Senator Russell Long, Dem, La; Senator Wayne Morris, Rep, Oregon; Cols Mark Galuster, W.W. Carleton, CE; A.L. Cox, AF; Mr. G.W. Vinzant, Civ, CE; Lt Gen Myers, NEAC; Col Young, NEAC. August 7 - The arrival of Gen J. Lawton Collins, Ch of Army Staff. Also mentioned in captions are Col Throckmorten, Capt Collins, Gen Witcomb. A Brig Gen and other high-raking officers are not identified. August 9 - Carpenter nails boards on radio building. Men insert a final piece of siding. Another man screws bolts into metal overhang strip with electric machine.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6429805

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6998xhn (person)

Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his graduation from West Point in 1917, he commissioned with the infantry. He served with the American forces in Germany from 1919 to 1921. Between 1921 and 1931, he taught at West Point and the Infantry School. He graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1933 and the Army Industrial College in 1937. Upon graduation from the Army War College in 1938, he became an instructor there. In 1941, he left to serve as c...

Long, Russell B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f47ns2 (person)

Russell Billiu Long served in the United States Senate from Louisiana for 38 years. Son of Louisiana governor and senator, Huey Pierce Long, and nephew of three-time Louisiana governor, Earl Kemp Long, Russell Long was elected to the U.S. Senate seven times, retiring from public office in January 1987. From the description of Russell B. Long photograph, circa 1950s. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570382 From the description of Russell B. Long papers, 18...

Throckmorton, John L. (John Lathrop), 1913-1986

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dp1vsg (person)

J.L. Throckmorton was a United States Army general who commanded the United States (U.S.) Strike Command and the U.S. Readiness Command. He was also a deputy commander of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. From the description of The J.L. Throckmorton papers, 1978. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47135202 ...