Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. President Kennedy's Visit, Ft. Stewart, Georgia

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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. President Kennedy's Visit, Ft. Stewart, Georgia

1962

ELS, smoke from 21-gun salute clearing. LS, pan, President's car passing assembly of troops standing in formation on field. LS, Pres. John F. Kennedy arrives at grandstand. With him on the stand are members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, and Maj. Gen. Ralph E. Haines, CG, 1st Armored Division. MS of the President as he walks by on the field. MS, band, seatd in jeeps, passing in review. LS, President Kenndey speaking from stand. Follow shot of the President's car followed by other cars passing by. LS, Kennedy waves and boards helicopter. LS, helicopter takes off followed by another copter.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6441917

National Archives at College Park

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Haines, Ralph E., 1883-1976

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Ralph E. Haines (1883-1976) was born in Vinton, Iowa. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1910, and later commanded the 70th Coast Artlillery from 1938 to 1941. He commanded the harbor defenses of at Narrangansett Bay, then at San Francisco from September 1942 until his ritrement in August 1945. From the description of Haines, Ralph E., 1883-1976 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10612398 ...

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...