Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Operation Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas; quot;Project Pay Dirtquot; plaque, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Gen. of the Army Omar N. Bradley receives Army flag, Pent

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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. Operation Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas; quot;Project Pay Dirtquot; plaque, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.; Gen. of the Army Omar N. Bradley receives Army flag, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

1957

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[12-13 Oct 1957] Summary: Negro students coming to and from school under military escort; changing of the guard; Chaplain Chester Lindsey of 101st Abn Div holds a prayer meeting at Grassy Acre at Camp Robinson; Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker visiting the officers and men of the 101st, informally. ---- [14 Oct 1957] Mr. Walter A. Harris, President of the National Association of Suggestion System, presents plaque to Asst. Sec. of the Army Hugh M. Milton III who accepts it on behalf of the US Army. This is the first time a plaque has been awarded to a government agency. Also shown in the film are the Honorable Harris Ellsworth, Chairman of the Civil Service Committee, and Gen. Booth. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff, and others look at the plaque. ------ [16 Oct 1957] Summary: Army Sec. Wilber M. Brucker greets Gen. and Mrs. Bradley. The Gen. makes a statement to guests in the office. MS, Gen. Bradley (civvies) and Mrs. Bradley. Gen. Lemnitzer shakes hands with Gen. Bradely. Gen. Bradley makes acceptance speech. Gen. and Mrs. Bradley and Gen. Lemnitzer on the receiving line.

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