Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Aviation pioneers, military officials attend Wright-Selfridge ceremonies, Fort Myer, Virginia

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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. Aviation pioneers, military officials attend Wright-Selfridge ceremonies, Fort Myer, Virginia

1958

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Parade of troops and band, officers and guests on the stand including Hugh M. Milton , II, Acting Secretary of the Army, General T. D. White, AF Chief of Staff, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Army Vice Chief of Staff, Lt. General J. D. O'Connell, Major General John G. Van Houten and others. Unveiling of the monument of the first flight from a military reservation, Ft. Myer, Va, is done by Major General Frank P. Lahm, Retired, former member of the 1909 Sig Corps Cadre for Aviation. Mrs, Frederick G. Kellond, sister of 1st Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge first Army officer to lose his life in airplane crash, unveils the Selfridge plaque. VS of the retreat review. CU, Major General Lahm and Mr. Milton. Cut-ins of the guests. Cut-ins, monument: marking the first military flight by an airplane which co-inventor Orville Wright piloted September 3, 1908 at Ft. Myer; a plaque in memory of Lt. Selfridge. Additional MSs, Gneral Lahm unveiling the monument.

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O'Connell, James D., 1899-1984

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