SERGEANT FRANK KOONS RECEIVES THE MILITARY MEDAL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SERGEANT FRANK KOONS RECEIVES THE MILITARY MEDAL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1181
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Lord Louis Mountbatten is met by General Patton and standing together in open ground, they watch US troops assemble. One of the British party reads out the citation and Sergeant Koons of 1st Ranger Battalion comes forward to receive the military medal from Mountbatten's hands. Mountbatten invites the sergeant to join him and General Patton as they watch a march past led by a US military band. Final CU of Sergeant Koons; he salutes for the camera.
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: Morocco & Casablanca (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 196 ft
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  • Notes: Sergeant Koons was awarded the military medal for actions while participating in the Dieppe Raid, August 1942. He was then a corporal. Note that one of the British party wears the Combined Ops flash.
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