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Historical Military Arrival Ceremonies

Black and white images of formal military arrival ceremonies featuring dignitaries, military personnel, and ceremonial settings, depicting traditional protocols.

Anefo photo collection. Decision of officers in Den Helder. June 15, 1962. Den Helder
Anefo photo collection. Decision of officers in Den Helder. June 15, 1962. Den Helder
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Opening Day of Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial in Washington, DC. Picture shows band.
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Photograph of Corporal Anthony J. Scopelliti, Private First Class Ray Cherry observing Private First Class John C. Byron, Jr. who is fishing in the pond outside of the Taj Mahal. Dated 1942
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930323-D-9880W-004. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Presentation of the United States Military Academy's 1962 yearbook, Howitzer, for President Kennedy (Military Aide to the President Gen. Chester V. Clifton). Two unidentified cadets from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, present a copy of the yearbook, Howitzer, as a gift for President John F. Kennedy, to Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton (center), in General Cliftons office.
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Funeral services with full military honors at Fort Myer, Virginia, for Rear Admiral Randolph Ridgely, Jr.. Funeral services with full military honors were conducted at Fort Myer, Va., June 18, 1951, for Rear Admiral Randolph Ridgely, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard (retired), who died at the Coast Guard Infirmary, New London, Conn., on June 14. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery. Admiral Ridgely retired October 1, 1935, after more than 40 years' service with both the Coast Guard and the Navy. A native of Augusta, Ga., he served with Admiral George Dewey in the Battle of Manila Bay. He is survived by a son, Commander Randolph Ridgely III, USCG, three brothers and a daughter.
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DD-SC-03-00657. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SN-86-04558. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Inspection tour of NASA installations: Cape Canaveral Florida, 2:31PM. President John F. Kennedy (center right, in foreground) tours the Titan Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, Florida; a Titan II Air Force rocket sits on launch pad in background. Also pictured: Director of Range Safety Operations with the Eastern Test Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Colonel Dan F. Thompson; Manager of Florida Operations for the Manned Spacecraft Center, G. Merritt Preston; Representative Victor L. Anfuso (New York); chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman; Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Director of the Bureau of the Budget, David E. Bell; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agents, Bill Greer, Rufus Youngblood, Ron Pontius, Bill Duncan, and Toby Chandler. Site workers observe in background. President Kennedy visit
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Visit from Prince Bernhard to the army museum in Leiden I.V.m. The unveiling of the GENERAL image of General Hoiefger.
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RADM J. Kirkpatrick, USN (Ret.), speaks during the launching ceremony for the guided missile frigate CARR (FFG-52). Base: Seattle State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Mr. Paul Witek speaks on behalf of his brother, Private First Class (PFC) Frank Witek, during the Congressional Medal of Honor Monument dedication ceremony. PFC Witek is among four Marines being honored for heroism during World War II. The other men are Captain Louis Wilson, Jr., PFC Leonard Mason, PFC Luther Skaggs. Base: Paseo De Susana State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)
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Lyndon B Johnson (1908-1973) President of the United States of America and the Mexican President Adolfo Lopez signalling the peaceful end of the Chamizal Issue. Mateos (1909-1969) unveiling the new boundary marker In 1968, Congress established Chamizal National Memorial to commemorate the Chamizal Convention (treaty) of 1963.
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DD-SC-03-00668. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Trip to Tennessee and Alabama: Arrival, motorcade, and Address at Founder's Day program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee. During a Founders Day ceremony at Vanderbilt University, President John F. Kennedy presses a gold telegraph key that will remotely explode the first charge of dynamite at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction site of the Cordell Hull Dam on the Cumberland River in nearby Carthage, Tennessee. President Kennedy delivered an address at the ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the universitys founding and the 30th anniversary of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Dudley Field, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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President Richard Nixon and South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu Making a Joint Statement at Midway Island 6 8 1969.
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Address before the 2506 Brigade in Miami, 10:34AM. President John F. Kennedy (center) and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (leaning forward) stand in an open car to greet members of the 2506th Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl Stadium in Miami, Florida. Standing in foreground, left of car (left to right): Erneido Oliva, second in command of the brigade (in back); Jose Pérez San Román, commander of the brigade; Manuel Artime, civilian chief of the brigade; former Prime Minister of Cuba and chairman of the Cuban Revolutionary Council, Dr. José Miró Cardona; unidentified. Seated in car: White House Secret Service agent, Bill Greer (in drivers seat, partially hidden near bottom edge of frame; Mayor of Miami, Robert King High (in back seat, mostly hidden behind the First Lady). Secret Service agent, Ronald Ron Pontius checks his watch at right. The Brigade was comprised of Cuban exiles who participated in the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961.
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September 11 demonstration, 1976, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona. Miquel Roca i Junyent.