Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations, welcomed in Saigon

Item

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363-02704.jpg

Digital Object Identifier

363-02704

Title

Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations, welcomed in Saigon

Description

Original caption: "CNO Designate - Admiral Thomas H. Moorer (1), Chief of Naval Operations (Designate), is greeted by General William C. Westmoreland, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, and Rear Admiral Kenneth L. Veth, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, upon his arrival at Saigon's air terminal yesterday afternoon, June 27 for an orientation tour of U.S. Navy commands in the Western Pacific. Admiral Moorer is the former Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization command, headquarters at Norfolk, at Norfolk, Va." Three American military men talk together in front of a plane.

Date

1967, June 28

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Visits of state; Moorer, Thomas H. (Thomas Hinman), 1912-2004; Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005; Veth, K. L. (Kenneth Leroy), 1911-1988; United States. Navy; United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Airports; Airplanes

Location

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

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

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