Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION RECOVERY (SIGNING OF PRISONER OF WAR (POW) RELEASE AGREEMENT), MUNSAN-NI, 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. OPERATION RECOVERY (SIGNING OF PRISONER OF WAR (POW) RELEASE AGREEMENT), MUNSAN-NI, KOREA

1954

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Seq: Signing of the PW Release Agreement. First shot, Gen Taylor speaks, followed by Sec of Army Robert T. Stevens. Taylor reads agreement. Gen Paik stands to his r. Taylor signs agreement. Paik reads agreement. Maj Gen Ming-Tong-Lai signs for Nationalist China. MSs, Stevens shakes hands with Lai, Taylor. Lai passes out copies of agreement to Chinese UN correspondent. Group shot, Gen Lai and his staff. Gen Paik signs agreement. There is also ftge of the three signatories making statements. Stevens shakes hands with the three signatories. Add'tl ftge og Gens, Hull, Taylor and others on tour of the Chinese entrucking point. A Col explains how the operation will take place. A vehicle stops at checkpoint, driver's papers checked (lost loop).

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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...

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 ...

Stevens, Robert P.

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