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United Press International Anchorage Alaska

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.53 Author/Creator: United Press International Place Written: Anchorage, Alaska Type: Photograph Date: 12 June 1960 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18 x 22.8 cm. Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated June 12, 1960. Shows President Eisenhower walking in front of soldiers standing at attention. The embedded press release reports that Eisenhower inspected the honor guard at Elmendorf Air Force Base. He has stopped at the base enroute to the Far East. The back is stamped with United Press International information. The wirephoto is blurry and pixilated, due to weak signal

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)., 1890-1969
1945 to the Present
Military Camp
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