Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. PARAPLEGIC EVACUATION, STEWART AFB, NEW YORK

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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. PARAPLEGIC EVACUATION, STEWART AFB, NEW YORK

1965

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Coverage of South Vietnamese paraplegic soldiers arriving by MATS C-141A of 1501st ATW for medical treatment and rehabilitation. Shows patients being transferred into bus ambulances and USA General Maxwell D. Taylor (Ret), Vietnam Ambassador Lt. General Tran Thien Khiem, Dr. Howard Rusk and Major General Gordon H. Austin present to welcome the Vietnamese soldiers. Reel 1: 1) Shows MATS C-141A taxiing in and wheels being chocked. 2) MS's and MCU of USA General Taylor (Ret), Vietnam Ambassador Lt. General and Mrs. Khiem, Dr. Rusk, Director of the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Major General Gordon H. Austin, Commander 26th Air Division (SAGE) waiting; Stewart AFB sign on Base Operations in background. 3) Scenes of Vietnamese and US color guard marching out to aircraft. 4) MCU of New York State Policeman. 5) Scenes of bus ambulances backing up to C-141A; Welcome sign from grade school on door of bus ambulance, medical attendants transferring the Vietnamese soldiers into bus ambulances, busses pulling away; Red Crosses on rear doors. 6) MS of USA General Taylor (Ret) and Dr. Rusk talking to patient. 7) MS of paraplegic as seen through window of bus ambulance. 8) LS of MATS C-141A on landing roll, taxiing and coming to stop; crowd and cameraman in foreground. 9) MS of Stewart AFB sign on Base Operations. 10) Scenes of crowd gathered around C-141A and bus ambulance. 757' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) MS of nurse and corpsman watching the off loading of Vietnamese paraplegic soldiers. 2) MCU of fireman by fire truck. 3) Cutaway shots of crowd waiting in front of Base Operations. 4) Shows Vietnam and US color guard at rear of C-141A. 5) Scenes of paraplegic patients being transferred from C-141A onto bus ambulance, then pulling away. 6) MS's of USA General Taylor (Ret) and Dr. Rusk being interviewed by press and of Major General and Mrs. Austin talking. 7) Scenes from inside fire trucks of the general activity around the C-141A as Vietnamese paraplegics are transferred to bus ambulance. 362' Total footage in reel.

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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 ...

Austin, Gordon H. (Gordon Harrison), 1913-2010

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Gordon Harrison Austin (b. Sept. 1, 1913, Davenport, Iowa), major general in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed flying training in 1938. He was in command of the 47th Pursuit Squadron in Hawaii during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, and in 1943 and 1944 was commander of the 325th Fighter Group and the 319th Bombardment Group, active in North Africa and the Mediterranean area. After the World War II, he served at NATO's Southern European Reg...