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

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

1956

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1) HA MCU Air Force, Army, Marine and Navy pallbearers returning to ranks with rifles.2) MS Overlooking the pier in Yokosuka; USS Manchester in bg; pallbearers standing near several caskets.3) MS LtGen. R. Bierwirth, CVE, OBE, Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonweelth Forces, Korea, stands on raised platform addressing the large grpup; LtGen. C.D. Palmer, USA, Deputy Commanding General, Army Forces Far East and Eighth United States Army, rises and addresses the group; Ma jGen. T.A. Wornham, USMC, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division, speaks Ma jGen. K.P. McNaughton, USAF, FEAF speaks; Gen. L.L. Lemnitzer, USA, CICUNCFEAC speaks.4) HA MS Honorary pallbearers stand in the center with the flags of various services, American and U.N. flags; USS Manchester CL-83, tied up to the pier (cruiser will carry the bodies of these unknown men, killed in the Korean War, back to Hawaii.5) MS Several of the caskets on the pier; pallbearers standing by.6) MS A white brow goes up to the cruiser; an Honor Guard comprised of the various services march up and flank the brow on either side.7) MS Pallbearers carrying caskets down the pier and up the brow.8) MS Pallbearers carrying caskets up the brow and aboard ship.

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