Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. War dog en route to Camp Carson, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan ; Japanese Judo, Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

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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. War dog en route to Camp Carson, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan ; Japanese Judo, Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

1957

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Truck arrives at Haneda Airport where a handler (Sgt) takes the most decorated dog "York" out of his box. The handler takes the dog to the passenger terminal where he picks up his papers. Out on the airstrip Japanese spectators watch dog and his handler. A Japanese woman in kimona pets the dog. CU, award for distinguished service made to the dog by Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Williams. The handler a Sgt. curries the dog. The dog is fed. The dog and the handler go aboard plane. -- A Judo exhibition of Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer and other distinguished American guests. The exhibition is in the garden at the Geihin-Kan, Shiba, and host is Yasujiro Tsutami, Member of the Diet. He appears briefly in the film.

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Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Williams, S. T. (Samuel Tankersley), 1897-1984

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Lieutenant general, United States Army; chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, 1955-1960. From the description of S. T. Williams papers, 1917-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871769 Samuel Tankersley Williams (b. Aug. 25, 1897, Denton, Tex.-d. Apr. 26, 1984) served as Chief of Staff XXII Corps in 1945 and 1946 and Commanding General of 25th Division, Korea, in 1952 and 1953. In 1953 and 1954, he commanded the XXVI Corps, then the IX Corps in 1954 and the ...