Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. General Taylor at White House, Washington, DC

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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. General Taylor at White House, Washington, DC

1959

Seq: General Maxwell D. Taylor receives award from President Dwight D. Eisenhower. CU, General Taylor. Also attending ceremony are Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Secretary of Army Wilber M. Brucker.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6440873

National Archives at College Park

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