Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SOUTH AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STAFF VISIT HOMESTEAD AFB, FLORIDA

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. SOUTH AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STAFF VISIT HOMESTEAD AFB, FLORIDA

1961

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Summary: Coverage of Latin American Air Force Chiefs of Staff and aides arriving by MATS VC-l37A and their departure by MATS C-l21G's with full military honors. (Shot list to follow.) 1) LS's & MS's of Latin American Chiefs of Staff and aides arriving by MATS VC-l37A and being greeted by Lt Gen Truman H. Landon, Comdr USAFE and their escorts. VIP's include Brig Gen Alsina and Lt Col Cabrera, Argentina; Maj. Gen Iensen and Col Bentjerodt, Chile; Brig Gen Pauwels and Lt Col Fernandez, Colombia; Col Lemus and Lt Urrutia, Quatemala; Lt Col Escalon and Capt Flores, Honduras; Lt Col Bermudez, Nicaragua; Brig Gen Saez, Uruguay; Brig Gen Barrientos and Col Castrillo, Bolivia; Maj Gen Brasil and Brig Gen Calloussier, Brazil; Col Danache and Lt Drrier, Haiti; Maj Gen Caceres and Maj Jara, Paraguay; Lt Gen Van Oordt and Capt Castro, Peru; and Lt Col Mejia and Lt Col Adrianza, Venezuela. 2) Shows Latin American officers leaving by special AF bus. 3) Scenes of full honors accorded to the Latin American officers on their departure with Lt Gen Landon and Gen Curtis E. LeMay present for farewells -- shows honor guard saluting and marching away, the color guard and band participating in ceremony. 4) Scenes of Latin American officers saluting and boarding MATS C-121G in bg. after bidding farewell to Lt Gen Landon and Gen LeMay. 5) ELS's to MS's of two MATS C-121G's intercut with Gen LeMay's modified KC-135A taking off to left. 6) LS of Homestead AFB Operations Building. 7) Shows Gen LeMay inspecting honor guard. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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LeMay, Curtis E. (Curtis Emerson), 1906-1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was an American Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, the precursor to the U.S. Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's Attack on Pearl ...

Landon, Truman H. (Truman Hempel), 1905-1986

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