Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally visits Berlin, Germany

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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. Secretary of the Navy John B. Connally visits Berlin, Germany

1961

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Honor Guard ceremony. Sec. Connally and Maj. Gen. Albert Watson reviewing the troops. Band playing. Sec. Connally greeting staff officers. Sec. Connally gets into car and drives off. Band and troops march off after ceremony. Int, Rathaus Schoneberg (City Hall). Sec. and Mrs. Connally meet Mayor Willy Brandt. They sign the Golden Book. The Secretary is presented with replica of the Freedom Bell. At the ceremony are Frau Lowka, Vice Pres. of the Berlin Parliament, and Mr. Lightner, Asst. Chief, US Mission. Sec. Connally, Maj. Gen. Watson and Brig. Gen. Frederick O. Hartel arrive by car for riot control demonstration. They take their places in reviewing stand. Sec. and party watching the demonstration.

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Hartel, Frederick O., general

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Watson, Albert, 1909-

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Albert Watson II (1909-1993) was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, he rose through the ranks, serving in Hollandia, Hawaii, Lezte, Okinawa and Japan during World War II, and from 1950 to 1953 was on the faculty of the Army War College. He was a corps commander in the Korean War and afterwards returned to Washington to serve on the Army General Staff from 1955 to 1958. He then served as Commanding General of the 24th Infantry (19...

Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992

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Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

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John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the 39th Governor of Texas and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury. He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973. Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiati...