Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford and General Earle G. Wheeler visit U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam headquarters

Item

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Digital Object Identifier

363-03570

Title

Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford and General Earle G. Wheeler visit U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam headquarters

Description

Original caption: "Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford, accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler, visits Headquarters, U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam at the start of the Secretary's first tour of Vietnam. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and General Creighton W. Abrams, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, greet the visitors prior to a comprehensive briefing." Four American men stand facing the camera. There are four flags in the background.

Date

1968, July 15

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Clifford, Clark M., 1906-1998; Wheeler, Earle G. (Earle Gilmore), 1908-1975; United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Flags; Soldiers; Visits of state

Location

South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6297

Size

20 x 25 cm

Container

B145, F4

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

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections