| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK ROSIER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND FAREWELL, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL M. ROUTIER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF SOUVENIR FROM VISIT TO QUARTERS, COMMENDATION OF POLK AND HIS ARMY] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR KENNETH RUSH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING COMMENDATION OF WORK IN EUROPE, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR KENNETH RUSH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATIONS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL JOHN D. RYAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND EXERCISE "REFORGER II"] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM HELMUT SCHMIDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF SPEECH FROM GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT AWARD CEREMONY, WITH ATTACHMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. GERHARD SCHRODER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING END OF SCHRODER'S DUTIES, THANKS FOR COOPERATION WITH GERMAN FORCES, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM P. W. SEGERS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR DINNER INVITATION, INTEREST IN EXERCISE "REFORGER II", WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER TO JOSEPHINE POLK REGARDING REGRETS UNABLE TO ATTEND LUNCHEON] |
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| [COPY] [NOTE FROM FREDERICK L. SIEBERT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING MR. LINEN, PRESIDENT OF TIME, INCORPORATED] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAUL SIEGEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF RECORDING] |
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| [COPY] [POST CARD FROM PAUL SIEGEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING WHITE HOUSE VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GERARD C. SMITH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON NEW APPOINTMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK TO GERARD C. SMITH REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY NOTE] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. HANS SPEIDEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. HANS SPEIDEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING (SPEIDEL'S) ACCOMPANIMENT OF GERMAN PRESIDENT ON FLIGHT TO BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND LETTER REGARDING SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD NOMINATION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN STEINBECK TO GENERAL AND MRS. JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN STENNIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY DURING VISIT TO COMMAND, BRIEFINGS, COMMENDATION OF COLONEL J. P. O'CALLAGHAN AND MAJOR A. T. SCHMITH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ADLAI E. STEVENSON TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR COURTESIES IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRAUSS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF JOINT GERMAN-AMERICAN USE OF CHIEMSEE RASTHAUS, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM STUART SYMINGTON TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING NOTICE OF KANSAS CITY STAR CORRESPONDENT JOHN R. CAULEY'S UPCOMING EUROPE VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM MAXWELL D. TAYLOR TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FREEDOM BELL PLAQUE CEREMONY, BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LUTHER L. TERRY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR NICE NOTE, UPCOMING BERLIN VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PRINCE THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE OFFICE OF PRINCE OF THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR ASH TRAY, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN G. TOWER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER AND COPY OF EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST PUBLICATION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CYRUS R. VANCE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY AT COMMAND] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLEM DEN TOOM TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND EXERCISE "REFORGER II"] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WERNHER VON BRAUN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM KARL-GUNTHER VON HASE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND WORDS UPON APPOINTMENT AS GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PHIL WEAVER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY DURING DIVISION VISIT, GRAFENWOHR] |
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| [COPY] [DISTRIBUTION LETTER FROM PHIL WEAVER TO DISTRIBUTION REGARDING BERLIN, FOREIGN POLICY, DEFENSE, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ADMIRAL W. F. A. WENDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND FAREWELL CEREMONY, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL W. C. WESTMORELAND TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELER TO MAJOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY NOTE] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELER TO MAJOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON PROMOTION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARLE G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCCESS OF COMMAND IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARL G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF COMMENDATION OF POLK'S TEAM, IRANIANS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL JAMES H. POLK TO GENERAL EARL G. WHEELER REGARDING THANKS FOR COMMENDATION OF POLK'S TEAM, IRAN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARL G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER, SUPPORT OF EPSILON I-69] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. GEORG-AUGUST ZINN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR COOPERATION, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM M. TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON PROMOTION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PRINCE THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM "AUNT POLLY" TO ESTHER AND HARDING POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON BABY (JAMES)] |
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| [COPY] [CERTIFICATE FROM WOLVERINE AND ARIZONA MINING COMPANY FOR J. A. MCCALLUM DENOTING STOCK SHARES OWNERSHIP] |
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| [ENVELOPE] XVII FUNERAL/OBITUARY/EULOGY MATERIAL, 10 CLIPPINGS, 5 EULOGIES, 1 LETTER, 2 PROGRAMS. |
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| [PROGRAM] FIDDLER'S GREEN MEMORIAL CEREMONY, U. S. HORSE CAVALRY ASSOCIATION, 4 OCTOBER 1992 |
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| [PROGRAM] FIDDLER'S GREEN MEMORIAL CEREMONY, U. S. HORSE CAVALRY ASSOCIATION, 4 OCTOBER 1992 |
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| [ARTICLE] "GEN. JAMES H. POLK, 80, IS DEAD; LED U.S. ARMY IN EUROPE IN 60'S" |
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| [ARTICLE] "GEN. POLK WAS LAST HORSE CAVALRY LEADER" |
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| [PROGRAM] MEMORIAL SERVICE, GEN JAMES H. POLK, 13 DEC 1911 - 18 FEB 1992 [WITH ATTACHMENTS] |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "POLK LOVED 'HIS SOLDIERS AND ARMY LIFE' " |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "POLK LOVED 'HIS SOLDIERS AND ARMY LIFE' " |
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| [ARTICLE] "WORLD WAR II HERO MOURNED" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "BELATED THANKS TO WONDERFUL LIBERATORS" |
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| [ARTICLE] "RETIRED 4-STAR - A CAVALRY LEGEND - DIES IN EL PASO" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL DECORATED BY PATTON REMEMBERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "MILITARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DECORATED CAVALRY GENERAL" |
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| GENERAL JAMES H. POLK EULOGY BY CHARLES H. LEAVELL, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] MEDITATION GIVEN BY THE REV. ROBERT T. GIBSON, MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CHAPLAIN (COLONEL) RICHARD N. DONOVAN TO MRS. JAMES H. POLK (JOSEPHINE) REGARDING FORWARDING OF REMARKS AT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK'S FUNERAL, WITH ATTACHMENT] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL DON LIONETTI, FORT MYER CHAPEL] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL GILDENBURGH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM RONALD REAGAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HIM (POLK) TO GET WELL SOON] |
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| [BIRTHDAY CARD FROM EIGHTH INFANTRY DIVISION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK] |
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| [CERTIFICATE] 2D BATTLE GROUP SIXTH INFANTRY, LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP |
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| [ENVELOPE] VII GROUP OF 10 B&W PHOTOS RELATING TO JHP'S DUTY W/3D ARMORED DIV., FIRST AS CHIEF OF STAFF, THEN AS ASS'T DIV. COMMANDER, 1956 |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - THREE ROWS OF OFFICERS IN A BUILDING AT FORT KNOX, FOR BUFFETT DINNER IN HONOR OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. WILLEMS (FRONT ROW, CENTER)] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - FIVE OFFICERS VIEWING A PRESENTATION BY A SIXTH MAN, CHART VISIBLE IN LEFT FRAME] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL HENRY "HAWK" HODES WALKING IN LUXEMBOURG, TOWER, BYSTANDERS, CAR IN BACKGROUND] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS INSPECTING BAND AND A GROUP OF SOLDIERS CARRYING RIFLES] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK (CENTER) STANDING WITH TWO GERMAN CHIEFS OF POLICE WATCHING TWO SOLDIERS TAKE MEASUREMENTS OF A JEEP] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL JAMES H. POLK CUTTING BIRTHDAY CAKE READING "SPEARHEAD" WITH INSIGNIA, COUCH BEHIND HIM] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - JAMES H. POLK (CENTER) TALKING WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES H. POLK (LEFT) STANDING WITH MAJOR GENERAL PORTER (RIGHT) STANDING NEAR MICROPHONE, CROWD OF PEOPLE SEATED AND TANK IN BACKGROUND] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WITH SEVERAL ROWS OF SOLDIERS, JAMES H. POLK WALKING THROUGH CENTER FRAME WITH TWO OTHER SOLDIERS BESIDE HIM] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - 3RD ARMORED DIVISION REVIEW, ROWS OF SOLDIERS WITH U. S. FLAG AND 3RD ARMORED DIVISION FLAG, LEAD SOLDIER SALUTING TWO OFFICERS OPPOSITE THEM] |
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| [INVENTORY LIST] MEMORABILIA OF JAMES HILLIARD POLK, 13 DECEMBER 1911 - 18 FEBRUARY 1992 |
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| [COPY] [EXCERPT] CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE, "RETIREMENT OF GEN. JAMES HILLIARD POLK, JR. |
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| [BIOGRAPHY] "AN OLD HAND OF PATTON'S ARMY" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "HONOR FORMATIONS ASSEMBLED" |
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| [TELEVISION TRANSCRIPT] [TRANSLATION] TV COVERAGE OF FAREWELL PARADE |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK SAYS GOODBYE TO EUROPE" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "HONOR FORMATIONS ASSEMBLED" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL WITH HEIDELBERG SONG" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "MIT HEIDELBERG-LIED VERABSCHIEDET" ["FAREWELL WITH HEIDELBERG SONG"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "17-GUN SALUTE FOR POLK'S FAREWELL" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "NIXON THANKS GENERAL POLK" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "ZUM ABSCHIED VON GENERAL POLK: EHRENFORMATIONEN WAREN ANGETRETEN" ["FAREWELL TO GENERAL POLK: HONORARY FORMATIONS STARTED"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK, COMMANDER OF US FORCES IN EUROPE MADE HIS FAREWELL YESTERDAY TO THE FIRST ARMY IN STRASBOURG. GENERAL HUBLOT PRESENTS HIM WITH THE TIE OF COMMANDER IN THE LEGION OF HONOR." |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "LA GENERAL POLK, COMMANDANT LES FORCES US EN EUROPE, A FAIT SES ADIEUX A LA 1RE ARMEE, HIER A STRASBOURG" ["GENERAL POLK, COMMANDER OF U. S. FORCES IN EUROPE, MADE HIS FAREWELL TO THE FIRST ARMY, YESTERDAY IN STRASBOURG"] |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "SIEBZEHN SCHU[SS] SALUT ZUM ABSCHIED POLKS" ["17-GUN SALUTE FOR THE POLKS' FAREWELL"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "DEMONSTRATORS DISTURBED 'GRAND TATTOO' FOR GENERAL POLK" |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GRAND TATTOO FOR GENERAL POLK" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL POLK VERLA[SS]T EUROPA: GRO[SS]ER ZAPFENSTREICH ZUM ABSCHIED" ["GENERAL POLK LEAVES EUROPE: BIG CONE PRANK FOR HIS FAREWELL"] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "GEN. POLK HONORED BY BUNDESWEHR" |
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| [COPY] [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL HUBLOT (LEFT) SHAKING HANDS WITH GENERAL POLK (CENTER) WHILE POLK IS AWARDED THE LEGION D'HONNEUR BY UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER (RIGHT)] |
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| [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "WITH STAR AND SASH" |
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| [COPY] [TRANSLATION] [ARTICLE] "FAREWELL PARADE IN BERLIN" |
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