Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER'S ARRIVAL AT TACHIKAWA, AB

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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. GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER'S ARRIVAL AT TACHIKAWA, AB

1947-1984

Summary: Coverage of the arrival of Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff at Tachikawa AB. 1) C-118 taxiing to ramp. 2) Gen. Lemnitzer debarking and being greeted by Lt. Gen. Robert W. Burns, Comdr, US Forces, Japan and 5th AF. 3) Gen. Lemnitzer reviewing honor guard. 4) Gen. Lemnitzer getting into US Army UH-19C with Lt. Gen. Burns and Brig. Gen. Theodore G. Kershaw, Comdr. 315th Air Division, PACAF. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

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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...

Burns, Robert W. (Robert Whitney), 1908-1964

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Robert Whitney Burns (1908-1964) was born in Stanley, Wisconsin. Following two years at the University of Wisconsin, he entered the Army Air Corps for aviation cadet training at March Field, California, in October 1928. Upon graduation and receiving his commission as second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve a year later, he was assigned to Selfridge Field, Michigan, as operations and engineering officer of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. In February 1932, General Burns received h...

Kershaw, Theodore G. (Theodore Gourdin), 1906-1975

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