Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PACKAGES, PONCHON, KOREA ; VIP'S TOUR 40TH DIVISION AREA, 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. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD PACKAGES, PONCHON, KOREA ; VIP'S TOUR 40TH DIVISION AREA, KOREA

1953

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Large crowd of Koreans holding banners and flags near speakers' platform. A Korean addresses the crowd. Pan, crowd. Another speaker on the stand. MLS, women and children sing. Col T. W. Lowrie, head of the IX US Corps Civil Affairs, delivers speech and presents package of food to the County Chief of Ponchon, Chae Min Suk. Lowrie presents rations to the children. Civil Affairs truck loaded with rations. Note: This is the arrival of first Eisenhower food packages for people of Ponchon and surrounding country. -- Senator William F. Knowland (Rep.-Calif.) and Maxwell D. Taylor are greeted at the 40th Div airstrip by Maj Gen Ridgely Gaither (?) and Maj Gen Thomas F. Hickey. Knowland walks past Honor Guard, talks to some of the men from California. The Senator holds Calif. state flag. A general points out sector held by the 40th Div. CU, Knowland, Gen Hickey. CU, Taylor. CU, Hickey saluting.

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Gaither, Ridgely, 1903-1992

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Ridgely Gaither (Feb. 23, 1903- Oct. 26, 1992) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his commission in the infantry in 1924, and advanced through ranks to brigadier general in November 1943. He was Commander in Chief of the U.S. Caribbean Command from 1958 to 1961, then commanding general of the Second U.S. Army from August 1960 to April 1962. Gaither retired from Army service in April 1962. From the description of Gaither, Ridgely, 1903-1992 (U.S. National Archives and Record...

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...

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 ...