Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT TO 1ST ROK DIVISION, 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. VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT TO 1ST ROK DIVISION, KOREA

1953

MLS, cavalcade of automobiles with Vice President Nixon arrives for review ceremony. MS, Mr Nixon, President Syngman Rhee of Korea, General Hull, and Gen Maxwell D Taylor, standing on reviewing stand. VS, Flags of various 8th Army Divisions lined up in massed formations. MS, Nixon and Gen Taylor flanking Pres Rhee and Gen Hull on review platform; in bg are flags of United Nations nations. VS, color guards march into review positions on field. CU, Gen Taylor at microphone. VS, VP NIxon making speech to Korean people as interpreter translates. VS, flags and troops of UN command march by in formation. MS, Marines march by R to L. MS, Belgian troops march by R to L. VS, Ethiopian, American, South Korean, Turkish and Australian troops marching by as Mr Nixon reviews parade. VS, Nixon, Gens Hull and Taylor troop line in jeeps. MS, Nixon and Pres Rhee standing in jeep. VS, troops of Color Guard marching around parade field.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6430401

National Archives at College Park

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

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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...

Hull, John Edwin, 1895-1975

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John Edwin Hull (b. May 26, 1895, Greenfield, Ohio-d. June 10, 1975), Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army, graduated from Miami University of Ohio in 1917 and was commissioned in the infantry that same year. He served with the 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in key battles of 1918. After teaching military science and tactics at the University of Wisconsin for four years, he was assigned duty with the 21st Infantry in Hawaii. During World War II he was assistant chief of staff for pl...