91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron Story (Dec54) R4 of 5
Yokota Air Force Base, Japan
Note: Previous month RB-29 from base had been shot down over Hokkaido by USSR.
16Dec54 Flight crew out of screen door of barracks-type building; at lockers get parachtes & other survival equipment.
10:15:49 18Dec54 Color guard marches towards camera on runway; military band marching, reverses, troops saluting & attention. Maj. Gen. Kenneth McNaughton & staff (Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Col Stevers, Lt. Col. Raymond E. Gandy) “trooping the line”. Color Guard, salutes, squadron marches off. CU Color Guard marching. CU military still photographer. CU Airman listening to open reel tape recorder. Gen. McNaughton & staff in place w/ families on bleacher grandstand. More of formal ceremony. Unit Citation Ribbon placed on 91st SR Squadron guidon (flag). Hand shaking.
10:21:14 CU Two loudspeakers.
Spying; 1950s Cold War; Air Force Award Ceremony
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91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron Story (Dec54) R4 of 5 Yokota Air Force Base, Japan Note: Previous month RB-29 from base had been shot down over Hokkaido by USSR. 16Dec54 Flight crew out of screen door of barracks-type building; at lockers get parachtes & other survival equipment. 10:15:49 18Dec54 Color guard marches towards camera on runway; military band marching, reverses, troops saluting & attention. Maj. Gen. Kenneth McNaughton & staff (Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Col Stevers, Lt. Col. Raymond E. Gandy) “trooping the line”. Color Guard, salutes, squadron marches off. CU Color Guard marching. CU military still photographer. CU Airman listening to open reel tape recorder. Gen. McNaughton & staff in place w/ families on bleacher grandstand. More of formal ceremony. Unit Citation Ribbon placed on 91st SR Squadron guidon (flag). Hand shaking. 10:21:14 CU Two loudspeakers. Spying; 1950s Cold War; Air Force Award Ceremony