Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Operations starlift arrival, Haneda Airport, Tokyo Japan ; Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, division forward area, 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. Operations starlift arrival, Haneda Airport, Tokyo Japan ; Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, division forward area, Korea

1957

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Arrival of US show which will tour Japan and Korea 29th March to 4th Apr. The players are Jane Russell, Johnny Grant, Roscoe Ates. Spectators both military and civilian await arrivial of plane. Orphans present Jane Russell with flowers. Also on hand is a group of Japanese girls from Toho studios. Photographers take pictures. Jane Russell being interviewed by reporter; Johnny Grant and others are standing nearby. Grant and Russell leave in vehicle. -- Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army Chief of Staff arrives at 7th Div, Airfield in helicopter accompanied by Gen. I D White CG 8th US Army. Gen Taylor and Maj. Gen. Carl H. Jark CG 7th Div. on reviewing stand with other officers. After the review the Gen. leaves the Div. area in helicopter. Scs, Division Forward Area where elements of the 24th Inf. Div. parade for the Army Chief of Staff. Gen. Taylor meets the Div. staff officers on the receiving line. Gen. Taylor inspects facilities at Community Center #1. Taylor at 6th Tank Bn area; tanks fire a salute for the Gen. Gen. Taylor, Maj. Gen. Russell Vitrup CG of 24th and other officers get into jeep.

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Grant, Johnny

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Russell, Jane

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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 ...

White, Isaac D. (Isaac Davis), 1901-

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x0003d9 Biographical note: Isaac D. White was commissioned in 1922 as a second lieutenant in the United States Cavalry. He was assigned to the First Cavalry at Fort Knox, Kentucky and graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He later transferred to the Second Armored Division. During World War II, White joined the W...

Jark, Carl H. (Carl Henry), 1905-1984

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Carl Henry Jark (b. June 13, 1905, Leigh, Neb.-d. Mar. 1984), U.S. Army officer, graduated from West Point in 1929 and from flying school in 1934. He served with the Army Ground Forces, and was executive officer, 63rd Division Artillery in Europe, during World War II. In the post-War period, he served in the Philippines and in Japan. During the 1950s, he served with the 2nd Armored Division Europe; was commanding general, 7th Army in Europe; and with the 7th Infantry Division in Korea in 1956. ...