Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER PRESENTS THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL TO GEN. OMAR N. BRADLEY, ADM WILLIAM M. FECHTELER AND GEN. J. LAWTON COLLINS, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON

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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. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER PRESENTS THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL TO GEN. OMAR N. BRADLEY, ADM WILLIAM M. FECHTELER AND GEN. J. LAWTON COLLINS, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C

1953

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President Eisenhower pinning the medal on Gen Bradley and shaking hands with him, before a group of dignitaries. President Eisenhower pinning the medal on Adm Fechteler, shaking his hand. Citation being read as Gen J Lawton Collins stands at attention before the President and then the President pinning the medal on Collins and shaking his hand. Gen Collins, Gen Bradley, and Adm Fechteler standing at attention. President Eisenhower speaks, then shakes hands with them.

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Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987

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Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After his graduation from West Point in 1917, he commissioned with the infantry. He served with the American forces in Germany from 1919 to 1921. Between 1921 and 1931, he taught at West Point and the Infantry School. He graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1933 and the Army Industrial College in 1937. Upon graduation from the Army War College in 1938, he became an instructor there. In 1941, he left to serve as c...

Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, holding the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War. Born in Randolph County, Missouri, Bradley worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenh...

Fechteler, W. M. (William Morrow), 1896-1967

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William Morrow Fechteler (1896-1967) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 16, 1951 to August 17, 1953. From the description of Fechteler, W. M. (William Morrow), 1896-1967 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575816 Naval officer. From the description of Reminiscences of William Morrow Fechtler : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481304 ...