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"TOP SOLDIER"
A DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB OF ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. THE LIVES OF FOUR GENERALS; LAWTON COLLINS, MATTHEW RIDGEWAY, MAXWELL TAYLOR AND LYMAN LEMNITZER ARE FEATURED. |
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MS- OFFICE AND DESK OF THE CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF THE
ARMY (PAN). |
| 01:03:15 63.53 |
CU- PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICA'S 1ST
"TOP SOLDIER" |
| 01:03:29 77.53 |
MS- PHOTOS OF GENERAL PATTON C. MARCH WHO WAS THE
COMMANDING GENERAL OF WWI, & GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING WHO SUCCEEDED HIM. |
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MONTAGE- PAINTINGS OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
AND GEORGE C. MARSHALL, BOTH CHIEF-OF-STAFF DURING WWII. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WHO WAS THE 1ST POST WWII CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND OMAR BRADLEY. |
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MS- GENERAL MARSHALL HAS MEETING WITH MILITARY
LEADERS OF THE ALLIED NATIONS DURING WWII. |
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MS- JOINT CHIEFS-OF-STAFF POSE TOGETHER INCLUDE
OMAR BRADLEY, LAWTON COLLINS AND MAXWELL TAYLOR. |
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PHOTO OF GENERAL LAWTON COLLINS, WHO WAS MADE
ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WHEN CHAIRMAN WAS APPOINTED. |
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MS- GENERAL COLLINS TURNS THE CITY OF CHERBOURG
TO THE FRENCH IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AFTER HIS 7TH CORP TOOK IT. |
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MS- MAJOR GENERAL COLLINS IS GIVEN A MEDAL BY A
FRENCH GENERAL |
| 01:06:32 260.53 |
MS- OMAR BRADLEY SWEARS IN COLLINS AS THE ARMY'S
CHIEF-OF-STAFF. |
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MS- COLLINS MAKES A SPEECH BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE. |
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MS- COLLINS ARRIVES IN KOREA BY PLANE AND IS
TAKEN TO THE FRONT BY JEEP |
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MS- GENERAL BRADLEY ACCOMPANIES COLLINS AS THEY
REVIEW A PARADE HONORING COLLINS' RETIREMENT IN 1953.HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY GEN. MATTHEW RIDGEWAY |
| 01:10:00 468.53 |
CU- PHOTO OF GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY, WEST POINT
CLASSMATE TO LAWTON COLLINS. |
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MS- MAJOR GENERAL RIDGEWAY AT THE FRONT DURING
WWII WHERE HE COMMANDED THE 82ND AIRBORNE AND LATER THE 18TH AIRBORNE CORP. |
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MS- LIEUT. GENERAL RIDGEWAY ARRIVES IN KOREA IN
DEC. 1950 TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE 8TH ARMY AFTER THE DEATH OF GENERAL WALTON WALKER. |
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MS- RIDGEWAY WITH MACARTHUR WHO HE SUCCEEDED AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SOUTHEAST COMMAND. MS- RIDGEWAY GREETS SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DULLES IN JAPAN FOR THE PEACE TREATY. |
| 01:11:30 558.53 |
MS- RIDGEWAY VISITS BY LIGHTPLANE SITE OF TRUCE
TALKS AT PANMUNJON, KOREA. |
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES IN KOREA. NARRATOR QUOTES
FROM RIDGEWAY'S SPEECHES. |
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MS- RIDGEWAY IS SALUTED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER, AS
'IKE' TURNS OVER COMMAND OF SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE), TO RIDGEWAY. |
| 01:13:30 678.53 |
MS- RIDGEWAY SALUTES FOREIGN TROOPS AS HE RIDES
BY IN MOTORCADE. |
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MS- RIDGEWAY IS SWORN IN AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF IN
1953 . |
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MS- RIDGEWAY PEERS THROUGH A NEW CAMERA AS HE
TAKES AN INTEREST IN NEW EQUIPMENT. |
| 01:15:13 781.53 |
MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY MAKES HIS FAREWELL
ADDRESS FROM HIS OFFICE DESK. HE TALKS OF THE 'INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER'. |
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PHOTO OF GENERAL MAXWELL B. TAYLOR, WHO WAS
RIDGEWAY'S SUCCESSOR. |
| 01:17:25 913.53 |
MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS GENERAL TAYLOR AND
HIS 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WHO WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A DROP OVER NORMANDY ON D-DAY. |
| 01:17:30 918.53 |
MS- BLACKENED FACE OF PARATROOPERS SMILE FOR
CAMERA. MS- NAZI TRACER BULLETS FIRE ON THE DROPPING PARATROOPS. |
| 01:18:12 960.53 |
MS- GENERAL TAYLOR SHAKES HANDS WITH FAMED
GENERAL MCAULIFFE AT BASTOGNE WHERE THEY WERE TRAPPED BY GERMANS. |
| 01:18:20 968.53 |
TAYLOR STANDS UNDER SIGN, "BASTOGNE, BASTION OF
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF THE 101ST". |
| 01:18:45 993.53 |
MS- MAXWELL TAYLOR AT AN ARMY FOOTBALL GAME WITH
HIS WIFE. TAYLOR BECAME SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST POINT AT THE END OF WWII. |
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MS- TAYLOR IS GREETED BY RIDGEWAY IN KOREA AS HE
BECAME COMMANDER OF THE 8TH ARMY IN 1953. |
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MS- TAYLOR SITS NEAR GENERAL MARK CLARK AS CLARK
SIGNS THE KOREAN TRUCE. |
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MS- TAYLOR PUTS A UNIT CITATION ON A FLAG AND
PINS A MEDAL ON A SOLDIER. |
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MONTAGE- TAYLOR GREETS UNITED NATIONS POWS AS
THEY ARRIVE FROM CAPTIVITY. |
| 01:21:02 1130.53 |
MS- AS VICE PRESIDENT NIXON STANDS BY TAYLOR
MAKES SPEECH ON CAPITAL STEPS AS HE IS MADE CHIEF-OF-STAFF. UNDER HIM THE PANTOMIC CONCEPT AND THE STRETAGIC ARMY CORP WAS FORMED. |
| 01:23:24 1272.53 |
MS- CIVILIAN TAYLOR ADDRESSES THE NATIONAL PRESS
CLUB IN WASHINGTON. |
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PHOTO OF GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER WHO SUCCEEDED
MAXWELL TAYLOR AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF. |
| 01:24:00 1308.53 |
MS- LEMNITZER AS EISENHOWER'S ASSISTANT
CHIEF-OF-STAFF DURING WWII AND LATER DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF FOR MARK CLARK'S 5TH ARMY. |
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LS- LEMNITZER REVIEWS A UNIT OF HIS 7TH INFANTRY
DIVISION IN KOREA WHICH HE COMMANDED. |
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MS- LEMNITZER SHAKES WITH A JAPANESE ENVOY AS HE
SUCCEEDED TAYLOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FAR EAST COMMAND. |
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MONTAGE- GENERAL LEMNITZER VISITS CHILDREN AT A
KOREAN ORPHANAGE WHICH HE TOOK EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. |
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LS- LEMNITZER WAVES FAREWELL AND SALUTES FROM
PLANE ENTRANCE AS HE LEAVES JAPAN TO BECOME VICE CHIEF-OF-STAFF. |
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MS- GENERAL LEMNITZER IS SWORN IN AS
CHIEF-OF-STAFF IN WASHINGTON. |
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