Gen. Earle G. Wheeler greeted by Gen. William G. Westmoreland

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02553
Title: Gen. Earle G. Wheeler greeted by Gen. William G. Westmoreland
Description: Original caption: "Arrival of Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, chairman joint Chief of Staff at Saigon airport, greeted by Gen. William G. Westmoreland, commanding general, U.S. Armed Forces, Vietnam." An American man standing on an airstair reaches down to shake the hand of a man standing on the ground. They are in military uniform. Several soldiers salute in the background, and a man in uniform takes a photo.
Date: 1967
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Soldiers; Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005; Wheeler, Earle G. (Earle Gilmore), 1908-1975
Location: Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F3
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections