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Nation Gives Wainwright Hero Welcome

Reel Number: 221685-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945

Country: USA

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 04:56:56

TC Ends: 04:58:20

Duration: 00:01:24

Nation Gives Wainwright Hero Welcome 04:57:01 Jonathon Wainwright & other officers descends from military Air Transport Command airplane, hug & kiss w/ wife, others on tarmac, waves. 04:57:17 Welcome Home sign & United Nations flags; arrival at Washington Monument on mall w/ WWII barrack offices behind, past crowd waving, soldiers saluting, wounded in wheel chairs. Receives citation; massive crowd w/ monument behind. 04:57:42 MCU Wainwright wipes face. LS from vehicle in motorcade down avenue of Wainwright waving from open car. 04:57:58 Low angle shot of ext. Capitol dome. 04:58:02 Walking w/ President Truman in White House Rose Garden. LS w/ crowd; MCU receiving Congressional Medal of Honor. WW2 Hero; Awards; Homecoming; Corregidor

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