Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Three soldier's medals to three soldiers, Pentagon, Washington, DC ; Washington Monument, Washington, DC ; Armed Forces Stamp Reserve, Washington, DC ; Stoughton o

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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. Three soldier's medals to three soldiers, Pentagon, Washington, DC ; Washington Monument, Washington, DC ; Armed Forces Stamp Reserve, Washington, DC ; Stoughton on Nautilus ; quot;Long Gray Linequot; premiere, Washington, DC

1955-1956

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Secretary of the Army, Wilber M. Brucker presents medals to three Enlisted Men who aided their fellow passengers aboard a civilian aircraft which crashed near Seattle, Washington. Gen. Maxwell Taylor, other (unidentified) generals, and Mr. Brucker congratulate the three men. Mr. Brucker later poses with the three soldiers. Note: Enlisted Men are not identified. -- VS, of the monument. Only one shot can be used. Remainder are NG. -- Notables in grandstand. A CU of the reproduction of the Armed Forces Stamp. Secretary of Defense, Charles E. Wilson with an unidentified woman. Bound books of the first issue are given to representative members of the Armed Forces. Mr. Burgess, Strom Thurmond, Estes Kefauver and other dignitaries on the stand during ceremonies. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Burgess and representatives of the Armed Forces posing with their books. -- M/Sgt. Cecil W. Stoughton, USAF cameraman, going down hatch of the submarine. Different poses of the Sgt. aiming his Eyemo camera and posing with camera resting on his shoulder. -- Night views outside the RKO Keiths of notables who are attending the premiere. Among those seen are Gen. Ridgway and his wife, Secretary of Army Robert T. Stevens, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp and others. Mrs. Eisenhower shakes hands with members of the cast. Also included is the old Army Sgt. whose personal story of his days at the point is the basis for the picture's theme.

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