Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. DEDICATION OF FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL - AFAK PROGRAM, POBWON-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. DEDICATION OF FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL - AFAK PROGRAM, POBWON-NI, KOREA

1954

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MS, two young Korean girls present bouquets of flowers to general officers on the review stand. VS, Gen Maxwell D Taylor; Lt Gen Blackshear M Bryan, CG, 1st Us Corps; Maj Gen Lionel C McGarr, CG, 7th Inf Div; Maj Gen Robert H Pepper, CG, 1st Marine Div and other staff officers with the Mayor of Pobwon-ni as they tour the Friendship School area, look into the classrooms and walk to a waiting helicopter. Gen Taylor boards the H-13 helicopter; helicopter takes off. Lt Gen Bryan stands and chats with an officer alongside waiting helicopter. LS, group of children and Korean civilians walk twd the ceremony area. VS, three helicopters land in special pads; Gen Taylor, Gen Bryan and Gen McGarr get out. They are greeted by Korean Mayor and proceed to the speakers stand. The group walks to the speakers stand, past the school children and saluting MPs. VS, group on stand at attention. The Mayor chats with Gen McGarr. CU, sign: "Armed Forces Assistance to Korea," and "Welcome to Friendship School." VS, Gen Taylor, Gen Bryan, Gen Pepper and Gen McGarr as they speak to the group. Gen Taylor hands Gen Pepper a large key. MLS, spectators, Staff officers seated in the front of the platform applaud. VS, band plays and everybody stands at attention and salutes. CU, American and South Korean flags flying from top of flagpole.

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Bryan, Blackshear M. (Blackshear Morrison), 1900-1977

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Blackshear Morrison Bryan (1900-1977) was born in Alexandria, Louisiana. After graduating from West Point in 1922, he commissioned with the field artillery. During World War II, he worked for the General Staff of the War Department and the office of the provost general. He made brigadier general in 1942. During the Korean War, he was commanding general of the XVI Corps from 1952 to 1953. After serving as senior member of the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission in 1953, he was co...

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 ...

McGarr, Lionel C. (Lionel Charles), 1904-

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