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Johnson Greets Veterans : wounded

Johnson Greets Veterans : wounded
Clip: 425593_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1756
Original Film: 040-001-02
HD: N/A
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Timecode: 00:01:36 - 00:02:52

At Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, President and Mrs. Johnson are among a huge crowd of relatives and friend who welcome home 18 wounded Vietnam veterans. The GI's are taken to military hospitals for further treatment. San Antonio, Texas A large crowd gathers at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. A military air-lift plane taxing on the tarmac. Air Force military men standing at attention. CUS President Lyndon Baines John and Lady Bird Johnson. Eighteen wounded military soldiers disembarking from the plane. President Johnson at the end of the stairs greets and shakes hand's with one of the first wounded soldiers. Mrs. Johnson at the President's side, shakes the hand of the soldier as well. Linda Bird Johnson stands with her parents shaking the hands of the wounded solider Felton Frost, of Dupatch, Louisiana, as he is carried off the plane and on to the ambulance he is still receiving blood plaza as he is carried off the plane.