Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Presentation of medal to White House plane crew, [etc.]

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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. Presentation of medal to White House plane crew, [etc.]

1960

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Presentation of medal to White House plane crew, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. ; Visit of German General Speidal, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ; Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ; Visit of Secretary of Defense of the Philippines, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ; Discovrer XIII Agena Satellite in White House, Washington, D.C. ; Armed Forces Policy Council meeting with new Kennedy cabinet appointees, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ; McNamara meets with Douglas, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Crew of the presidential plane Columbine receives special White House award. -- MSs, CUs, Gen. Speidel with Sec. of Defense Thomas S. Gates. -- CU, sign on door: "Joint Chiefs of Staff, Conference Room." Sec. of Defense Gates, Gen. Nathan F. Twining, AF, and others enter room. MS, Sec. Gates, Gen. Twining, and Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer. Gen. Twining and Lemnitzer shake hands and take their seats at conference table. Seated at the table are: Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Gen. Thomas D. White, Gen. David M.Shoup and others. -- MSs, CUs, Alejo S. Santos, Sec. of Defense, Republic of the Phippines, with Sec. Gates. -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower enters room and is shown satellite. US flag is taken from capsule and is given to the President. President Eisenhower makes short address. Attending are: Sec. of Defense Gates, Sec. of the Air Force Dudley C. Sharp, Under Sec. of the AF Joseph V. Charyk, Gen. White, Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever, Maj. Gen. O.J. Ritland, Brig. Gen. Robert E. Greet, Maj. Gen. Victor R. Faugen, Dr. T. Keith Glennan of NASA and others. -- Members arrive and take their places around conference table. Among those present are: Sec. of AF Sharpe, Gen. White, Sec. of the Army Wilbur M. Brucker, Gen. George H. Decker, Sec. of Defense Gates, Deputy Sec. of Defense James H. Douglas, Sec. of the Navy William B. Franke, Admiral Burke, Gen. Lemnitzer, and Gen. Shoupe. Paul H. Spaak of Belgium meeting with Sec. of Defense Gates. -- The new Sec. of Defense Robert S. McNamara meeting with Deputy Sec. of Defense Douglas. They sit at desk and talk.

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