Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. The Freedoms Foundation awards for 1957, Valley Forge, PA

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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. The Freedoms Foundation awards for 1957, Valley Forge, PA

1958

100' roll at the beginning of this reel of Sherman Adams, Presidential Assistant with a group of servicemen and servicewomen, whom he poses with and talks to. Back to the awards being presented at Valley Forge. Noticed on the platform are Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay. Gen. LeMay presents award to AF Sargeant. General Hershey speaking. Gen. Curtis LeMay receives award and starts speech. Ex-President Hoover receives the highest award and gets ready to make his formal speech. Cecil B. DeMille. Gen. LeMay and others as the chairman holds the award and talks to them. VS, servicemen and servicewomen who are among the awardees. The chairman with some of the more prominent awardees. Mr. Hoover holding one of the awards. Note: The Chairman who figures prominently in this ftge is not identified on the camera card. He may be Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, President of the Foundation. Note: No captions. Press releases are with the camera card files.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6439857

National Archives at College Park

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