Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. General Decker, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

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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 Decker, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

1960

Sec. of the Army Wilber M. Brucker swearing in Gen. George H. Decker as Army Chief of Staff. Sec. Brucker speaks of General Decker's career in the Army. Gen. Decker raises his hand and takes the oath of office. Gen. Decker delivers address. Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer presents flag to Gen. Decker. Dignitaries congratualte Gen. Decker and his wife.

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Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

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