Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. FIRST ANNIVERSARY 2ND ROK CORPS, 2ND ROK CP, 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. FIRST ANNIVERSARY 2ND ROK CORPS, 2ND ROK CP, KOREA

1953

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LS, H-13D helicopter lands. Another one in the foreground. LS, officers walking from copter area. VSs, area where ceremony is to be held. The band is in the background. MS of snappily dressed ROK guard. Pres and Mrs. Rhee, Gen Paik Sun Yup, ROK Ch of Staff, and others arrive. Pres Rhee, his wife, Gen Taylor in grandstand at attention. MLS, Rhee presents a citation to Gen Chung Ill Kwon. MS, Lt Gen Taylor shakes hands with some of the men who have received citations - there is an American in the lineup. Rhee is presenting the medals. Also present: Gens Paik and Chung. MLS, Rhee speaks from stand. LS from behind soldiers in formation with speaker's stand in distant background. Taylor speaks from stand, an interpreter to l. MS of three flags, l/r: S. Korean, UN, USA. CU, sandtable of the area. Guests, including Rhee, wife, Taylor, arrive at tables and chairs specially set up for viewing assault. LSs made with long length lenses as charges go off and smoke covers the area. (Some bad scratches at the end of the last scene.) VSs, volley ball game between two ROK units (some soft). MS, an unidentified ROK official pinning a medal on a man, and then later this same official, unidentified, awarding letters to KMAG personnel, officers. Additional scenes, volley ball game. Additional scenes, smoke, few explosions on demonstration area.

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Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965

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