Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. UNVEILING PORTRAIT OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE, WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY, NEW YORK

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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. UNVEILING PORTRAIT OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE, WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY, NEW YORK

1954

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Int, Maj Gen Frederick A Irving, Supt of Academy, gives address of welcome. He touches upon the coming sesquicentennial of the academy. Lt Gen Maxwell D Taylor, Dep Chief of Staff, USA, makes the dedicatory address. He speaks of Gen Lee and his time. Gen Irving introduces Gordon Gray, former Secretary of the Army, and chairman of the Lee Portrait Committee. He makes the presentation speech. Miss Ann Carter Lee Ely and Hanson E Ely, great-grandchildren of Gen Lee, unveil the portrait. CU, portrait of Gen U.S. Grant on wall above speaker's stand. Pan to protrait of Gen Lee.

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Irving, Frederick A. (Frederick Augustus), 1894-1995

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Gray, Gordon, 1909-1982

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Gordon Gray (1909-1982), government official, publisher, and educator. A graduate of the Yale Law School, Gray began his professional career as an attorney with a New York Law firm. In 1935, however, he returned to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to practice law. At approximately the same time, he acquired financial interests in the publishing and broadcasting fields. As operator of radio station WSJS and publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and the Twin City Sentinel, Gray eventually abandoned...

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...