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

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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

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Short seq: Lifting main plumbing equipment into metal barracks. The equipment consists of waste storage tanks, sump tank, fresh water tank, etc. Takeoff of C-54 on old runway. Gen J. Lawton Collins and party leave plane, are greeted, leave in car. Slate 28 July - Int Air Force Operations hut. Two officers at counter, another officer on opposite side. One man fills out papers, Caption says in preparation for flight plan. MS, of the three officers. Two of them talk while third one fills out form. The Operations officer has clerk get him another form which he puts before the two men. The names: Capt Keefe Green, Briefing Officer; Capt James Nall, Pilot, and Co-Pilot Lt John M. Reynolds. Int of the Weather Office, 8-24 Weather Det, 8th Weather Squadron, HQ Pepperill AFB, Newfoundland - that's a sign hanging from the ceiling. Two Sgts work on chart and map. Int. Men seated at tables in snack bar. In the background, three men at counter. This MS as man behind counter gets donuts. July 29 - A few shots of the Assistant Sec of Army Earl Johnson arriving with his party. One woman with her back to camera is greeted by one of the welcoming party - this may be Mrs. Johnson. Additional footage of the visit of Senators Wayne Morris and Russell Long.

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

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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...

Johnson, Earl D.

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Earl Dallam Johnson (1905-1990) was Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952 and Under Secretary from 1952 to 1954. From the description of Johnson, Earl D. (Earl Dallam), 1905-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10626448 ...

Long, Russell B.

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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...