Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. FIELD MARSHAL LORD ALEXANDER IN KOREA

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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. FIELD MARSHAL LORD ALEXANDER IN KOREA

1952

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Alexander arrives with Gen Mark Clark, is greeted by Gen James Van Fleet. They review Honor Guard at EUSAK, Seoul. Alexander arrives at Kimpo Airfield, K-14, and greets British pilots. Mark Clark shakes hands with a pilot. Field Marshal examines cockpit of a British Meteor jet, inspects an F-86. An American pilot briefs the Marshal. Alexander talks to American air officers. Arrival at the I Corps area. Alexander with Lt Gen John w O'Daniel, CO of I Corps, and Clark. CU, Alexander saluting. He inspects captured enemy weapons. Alexander at the 1st British Commonwealth Div area talks to officer, probably Maj Gen Cassels, CO of the Div. Inspects Honor Guard.

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Van Fleet, James A. (James Alward), 1892-1992

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Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969

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1914-1918 Served in France during the First World War; 1932-1934 General Staff Officer 1st Grade, Northern Command; 1934-1938 Commander Nowshera Brigade, Northern Command, India; 1938-1940 Commander of the 1st Division; 1940 Commander of the 1st Corps; 1940-1942 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief; 1942-1943 Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; 1943-1944 Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy (15th Army Group); 1944-1945 Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre; 1946-19...

Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...