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

1) MCU Man kneeling down at altar, chaplain standing over him with his hands over his head.2) HA MCU Two returnees sitting at table, Bible in hands; returnee is eating ice cream.3) MCU Returnees sitting at tables. (SV)4) ECU Face of one of the returnees, others in BG.5) MS Returnees walking past, several being interviewed by chaplain.6) CU Chaplain talking to returnee. (SV)7) HA MCU Two British returnees smoking cigarettes.8) MCU Red Cross worker giving British men cigarettes.9) CU Air Force Sgt taking down information from returnees.10) MS Chaplain and returnee reading from Bible.11) CU Returnee talking to chaplain.12) HA MCU Two returnees lighting cigarette and talking, (SV)13) CU SGT. HIROSHI MIYAMURA, US Army, talking to Brig. General, SGT. HIROSHI MIYAMURA is winner of Medal of Honor.14) CU SGT. HIROSHI MIYAMURA talking to BRIG. GENERAL OSBURN and to chaplain.15) MS Returnees walking away from their escorts.16) CU GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR.17) MS PAN, left to right, of returnees, some a without shirts.18) HA MCU Returnee talking to two Marines.19) MS Returnees getting out of Commie Army truck.20) LA MS Spectators watching returnees unload from back of truck.21) MS CAPTAIN WILBER WATSON, one of the last returnees.22) MCU SGT. HORACE BRADLEY, POW returnee.23) MCU lst LT. HARRIS, USAF, last man through Big Switch.24) CU LT. HARRIS.25) LS Freedom Gate; UN soldiers standing around in FG; PAN left to right, trucks drive up.26) MLS Group of soldiers standing around; tents in BG.27) MS Freedom Gate and reception tent.28) LS Freedom Gate.29) HA MLS Freedom Gate; sign reading "Welcome Freedom Gate". (in two languages)30) HA MS Jeep and cameramen.31) HA LS American soldiers holding UN Flag; Freedom Gate in BG.

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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 ...