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, BAUMHOLDER, 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, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY

1952

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Seq: Ridgway chats with Maj Gen George W. Read, Jr. CO 2nd Amd Div, Gen Handy and other officers as they watch simulated tank and infantry assault at Baumholder Military Sub-Post. Ridgway chats with tank commander; Ridgway and Read examine a tank. Seq: Ridgway is greeted at EUCOM Hq as he leaves auto by Handy and others. Pan of officers on review stand. Handy and Ridgway prepare to inspect Honor Guard. RV, Ridgway watches Honor Guard in drill. Seq: Ridgway and party drive on Camp Baulholder road in jeep. Ridgway chats with some officers. Ridgway, Read, other officers view tank. Tank commander sits in tank. Ridgway climbs out of a tank. Seq: Ridgway followed by Handy enter parked L-17B plane, engine starts. Officers on strip salute and wave. Seq: Ridgway and Handy enter review stand. Ridgway greets officer commanding Air Police platoon. Ridgway and Handy return to review stand. EUCOM Honor Guard perform close order drill. Band, Army, Navy and AF contingents pass in review. Seq: Ridgway is greeted by Handy and others as he leaves C-47 plane which taxies on strip. He enters auto. VS, Ridgway troops the line at EUCOM Hq. RV, Honor Guard performs drill, framed by Army, Navy AF Color Guard and children looking on. Seq: HSs, Ridgway's jeep convoy drives on road at Baumholder. Ridgway and others are briefed by an officer, they watch maneuvers held by tanks and infantry of 2nd Armd Div. M-26 tank drives in area. Ridgway examines a new T-48 tank, leaves with others in jeep. He chats, shakes hands with Eddy and Handy, enters L-17B which taxies.

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Read, G. W. (George Windle), 1860-1934

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George Windle Read (b. Nov. 19, 1860, Indianola, Ia.-d. Nov. 6, 1934) graduated from the U.S. military academy at West Point in 1883 where he received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the 16th Infantry. He advanced to the rank of major general on Mar. 8, 1921 after having commanded the 2nd Army Corps from June 13, 1918, until demobilization on February 1, 1919. He retired from Army service on November 19, 1924. From the description of Read, G. W. (George Windle), 1860-1934 (U.S. N...

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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...

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, ...

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...