Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. DEDICATION OF THE PONCHON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 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. DEDICATION OF THE PONCHON MIDDLE SCHOOL, KOREA

1953

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Shoolboys march and assemble. Crowds of spectators. A Color Guard and Honor Guard of the 212th MP Co. Syngman Rhee arrives in copter; chats with Maj Gen Thomas F. Hickey, CG IX Corps, and then briefly with Gen Maxwell D. Taylor. They troop the Honor Guard line. Hickey makes a speech. A brief shot of Taylor stepping up to the stand, starting to speak. He is followed by Rhee who also speaks. A wreath of flowers is presented to Rhee by a little girl. School children cheer. Rhee shovels dirt around the base of a newly-planted sapling. Taylor cuts tape.

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Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...

Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965

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Synman Rhee (1875-1965) was the first and last Head of State of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and the President of South Korea from 1948-1960. He spent his early life as a Korean revolutionary, with his focus shifting to the Korean independence movement after Japanese occupation. Much of this period was spent in effective exile including while obtaining degrees from George Washington University and Harvard University before ultimately becoming the first Korean to receive...

Hickey, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1898-1983

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Thomas F. Hickey (April 1, 1898-Nov. 18, 1983) was born in South Boston, Mass. He received his commission in the infantry in 1917. During his early military career, he served with the 341st Machine Gun Battalion and 27th Division, AEF at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne in 1918. Hickey advanced to the rank of brigadier general in September 1943, later served at commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1950 to 1952 and the XVIII Airborne Corps from February 1952 to August 1943, and the T...

Hickey, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1898-1983

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Thomas F. Hickey (April 1, 1898-Nov. 18, 1983) was born in South Boston, Mass. He received his commission in the infantry in 1917. During his early military career, he served with the 341st Machine Gun Battalion and 27th Division, AEF at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne in 1918. Hickey advanced to the rank of brigadier general in September 1943, later served at commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1950 to 1952 and the XVIII Airborne Corps from February 1952 to August 1943, and the T...