Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Dedication of cemetery of St. Laurant, St. Laurent, France ; Dedication of the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, France

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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 cemetery of St. Laurant, St. Laurent, France ; Dedication of the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Epinal, France

1956

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VS, French and American military VIPs arrive at cemetery. (VIPs: Gen. Ganeval, representing the Pres. of France, Honorable Wilber M. Brucker, Sec. of Army, and Mr. Francis Tanguy-Prigent, Minister des Anciens Combattants.) VS, members of the Honor Guard view wreckage of WW II LST lying on beach. (The Honor Guard consists of a Negro soldier, a Naval seaman, and a Marine Corps enlisted man.) MS, French Honor Guard stands at attention. CU, cemetery graves with small French and American flags. MS, French Honor Guard. MS, American squad firing volleys. Cut-ins, crowd. -- VS, crowd in attendance at ceremony. MS, side angle, row of soldiers. MS, Douglas Dillon, American Amb to France, delivers message of welcome to the people. Other speakers are Maj. Gen. Wm J. Donavan, USA, and Mr. Maurice Lemaire, Sec d'Etat et au Commerce. MS, CU, soldiers fire volley; bugler sounds taps.

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