Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY AT EUCOM, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

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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. GEN. MATTHEW B. RIDGWAY AT EUCOM, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

1952

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Seq: Ridgway accompanied by Gen Thomas T. Handy, Lt Gen Manton S. Eddy, CG 7th Army; Maj Gen Dean C. Strother, CG 12th AF; RAdm Howard E. Orem, CO USN Germany; Maj Gen Lemuel Matthewson, CG US Forces, Berlin, and other officers step on review stand where they salute as civilian and service photogs take still and motion pictures. Seq: Ridgway and Handy walk on field in inspection of Army, Navy and AF contingents in formation. They cross field in return to review stand. Chrome-helmeted colored soldiers of EUCOM Honor Guard, the 557th Inf Plat, perform precision close order drill. Seq: Officers look on from review stand. Sixteen F-84 jets of 12th AF fly by in salute. EUCOM Honor Guard, USN Rhine River Patrol platoon, Air Police platoon and 427th Army Band pass in review.

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Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). He fought with distinction during World War II, where he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter...

Orem, Howard E.

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Handy, Thomas T. (Thomas Troy), 1892-1982

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Thomas T. Handy was born in 1892; career army officer; served with numerous artillery units (1916-1929); served in both world wars rising to rank of general in 1945; assigned to War Plans Division (1936-1940, 1941-1945); and was assistant chief of staff for operations and deputy chief of staff under George C. Marshall. From 1945-1954, he was stationed in Germany serving as commander-in-chief of the U.S. troops in Europe in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) command and as deputy comma...

Strother, Dean C. (Dean Caldwell), 1908-2000

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Dean Caldwell Strother (1908-2000) was born in Winfield, Kansas, and attended local schools before receiving a Congressional appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He would graduate in 1931, and immediately attend primary and advanced flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas. He received his pilot wings at Kelly in October, 1932. He served in varied assignments throughout the 1930s at Army Air Fields around the U.S., including Barksdale Field, Louisiana; Muni...

Eddy, Manton S. (Manton Sprague), 1892-1962

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Manton Sprague Eddy (1892-1962) was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1918 he commissioned in the infantry and served in World War I with the 4th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. From 1921 to 1924, he was a member of the Infantry Board. After graduating from the Command and General Staff School in 1934, he taught there until 1939. From 1940 to 1942, he was assistant chief of staff for intelligence at the III Corps Area. He also served as commander of the 114th Infantry, 44th Division, ...