General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. FRENCH CARRIER quot;DIXMUDEquot; LOADS AMERICAN AIRCRAFT

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. FRENCH CARRIER quot;DIXMUDEquot; LOADS AMERICAN AIRCRAFT

1950

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1) LS to MCU Various angles: of Lifting planes onto carrier; planes lined up on carrier.2) GV French Navy Honor Guard.3) GV Official Party<*> inspection of French Navy personnel, led by DIXMUDE"s Capt. L. Murnu.4) MCU Ships Honor Guard, (MS to CUs of same).5) MCU At Naval airfield, American Navy Pilot, Lt. R. M. Smegocki of Scranton, Pa. briefs French Pilot, Lt. de Vaisseau Varela.6) MS US pilot as he checks out French pilot on the type of plane being presented to France7) CU American pilot.8) MS American and French pilots meet for check-outs on "Hellcats."9) CU French pilot. (This belongs in previous sequence.)10) LS Hellcats being readied for loading.<*>Officials of inspecting party were; Rep Thomas S. Gordan, Rep. John M. Vorys, Rep. F. Edward Hebert, Rep. LeroyJohnson, Maj. Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer, Jeen Devidan.Brig. Gen. Chas. Lauzin, Capt. Jorges Cabanier, Christiande Margerie, John H. Ohly, Norman Paul.QUALITY: GOOD

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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...