General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION BIG SWITCH

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION BIG SWITCH

1953

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1) CU GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR, USA, and his party arriving at Freedom Village.2) LA MS Marine placing a marker on sign of map of road to Freedom Village.3) LA MCU Marine moving marker to checkpoint number two. SV4) HA MCU Ambulance in parking area in front of processing building at Freedom Village.5) HA LS Returned POW's unloading from ambulances at Freedom Village.6) HA LS Line of prisoners being escorted to reception tent.SV7) LA MS American and United Nations flags.8) Prisoners unloading from back of ambulances; GEN. TAYLOR greeting some of the men, many of whom are Negroes.9) MCU SEC. ARMY ROBERT STEVENS shaking hands with some of the returned POW's.10) CU SEC. STEVENS.11) CU GEN. TAYLOR talking to a LT. GEN.12) MLS High ranking officers outside Freedom Gate; sign reading, "Welcome To Freedom Village".

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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 ...