Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION CITATION, MANCHU FIELD, 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. 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION CITATION, MANCHU FIELD, KOREA

1954

Elements of the 40th Inf Div parade on snow-covered Manchu Field. Pres Syngman Rhee and Gen Maxwell D. Taylor troop the line in jeep. There are many scenes of the troops passing in review. The combined Color Guards, front and center. Gen Taylor looks on as Pres Rhee ties a streamer to the Colors. Maj Gen Ridgely Gaither, CG of the 40th Div, receives a decoration from Rhee.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6430456

National Archives at College Park

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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...

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...

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 ...