Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. Deputy Director of Defense visits USAFE

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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. Deputy Director of Defense visits USAFE

1969

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Covers Assistant Secretary of Defense David Packard's visit to USAFE bases. Shows arrivals, people being greeted by Gen Lyman Lemnitzer; Gen Joseph Holzapple, USAFE Commander; Gen David Burchinal, Deputy Commander and Maj Gen Rollin Anthis, 17th AF Comdr. Includes scenes of Secretary Packard inspecting C-141A, F-4C, and RF-4C. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1 - ROLL: M62D-M2 (Wiesbaden, Germany). 1) MS of Gen Joseph Holzapple talking to Colonel. 2) ECU of four star plaque on staff car (DOD). 3) Secretary Packard deplaning Army U-8G, being greeted by Gen Holzapple, then boarding staff car. 4) CU U-8G taxiing through frame left. 115' ROLL: M62D-M3 (Bentwaters RAF). 5) Secretary Packard talking to airmen in hangar, then inspecting F-4C and armament. 303' ROLL: M62D-MR1 (Patch Barracks, Germany). 6) Sign over door: HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND. 7) Army UH-1D landing at helipad, Secretary Packard and Army Gen Lyman Lemnitzer deplaning and boarding staff car. 8) Secretary Packard and party arriving at headquarters, then entering conference room. 9) Secretary Packard and others taking seats at table. 429' ROLL: M62D-5 (Bitburg - Spangdahlem). 10) Sequence showing Secretary Packard boarding T-39A. 11) LAV of Bitburg control tower. 12) T-39A taxiing to halt, Secretary Packard deplaning, being greeted and boarding staff car. 13) Welcome sign for Secretary Packard at Spangdahlem. 14) Secretary Packard watching C-141A loading operations. 15) T-39A air stair closing, aircraft taxiing out frame left. Reel 2 - ROLL: M62D-MR-1 (Ramstein AB). 1) Secretary Packard deplaning T-39A, being greeted by USAF and Army officers. 2) Secretary Packard deplaning Army UH-1D, being greeted by Maj Gen Rollin Anthis and Army Lt Gen Heintges. 3) Sequence showing Secretary Packard inspecting RF-4C and talking to crewmen. 159' ROLL: M62D-J1 (Wiesbaden AB). 4) Gen Holzapple and party standing on steps of Wiesbaden tower. 5) Secretary Packard deplaning U-8G and being greeted by Gen Holzapple. 303' ROLL: M62D M-1 (Stuttgart). 6) VC-135B taxiing to ramp in front of honor guard. 7) Gen Lemnitzer and Gen David Burchinal greeting Secretary Packard, then party driving away in staff car. 8) Army UH-1D taking off. 9) LAV of VC-135B tail. 10) CU four star plate on staff car. 488' Total footage in reel.

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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...

Burchinal, David A. (David Arthur), 1915-1990

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Heintges, John A. (John Arnold), 1912-

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John A. Heintges was born in 1912 in Germany. He was a United States (U.S.) Army officer and a battalion and regimental commander in World War II (WWII). He served in Laos from 1959-1961 and the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam from 1965-1967. He was also a commanding general of the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado and commander-in-chief of the 7th Army. From the description of The John A. Heintges papers, 1974. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 478...

Holzapple, Joseph R. (Joseph Randall), 1914-1973

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Packard, David, 1912-1996

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Anthis, Rollen H. (Rollen Henry), 1915-1995

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Rollen Henry "Buck" Anthis (1915-1995) was born in Navina, Oklahoma. He graduated from El Reno High School in 1933, attended Oklahoma Military Academy and studied law at the University of Oklahoma. In 1938 he became a flying cadet at Randolph Field, Texas. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1939 and received his pilot wings at Kelly Field, Texas. General Anthis was assigned first to the 3rd Attack Group at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. In 1940, he became a test p...