Scenes of spectators during Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House in Washington DC. Washington monument in the background. 3rd Infantry Old Guard at attention. Cameramen shoots. President Richard M Nixon presents medal. Patterson wearing medal with another medal recipient. President addresses. President Nixon goes back to White House with medal recipients.
Medals on display board during Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House, Washington DC. President Nixon, Secretary of the Army, Stanley R Resor, Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird, and the four medal recipients enter stand.
President Richard M Nixon stands with Major Patrick H Brady during Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House, Washington DC. Secretary of the Army, Stanley R Resor reads citation in background. Medals of Honor on display board. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird stands behind President Nixon on stage. President Nixon presents medal to Major Brady. President with Captain Jack H Jacobs as citation is read. President Nixon presents medal to Captain Jacobs. President Nixon presents medal to Captain James M Sprayberry. President Nixon presents medal to SG Robert M Patterson.
Each medal winner during Medal of Honor Ceremony at White House, Washington DC. President Richard M Nixon poses with four medal recipients and makes speech praising these men. President Nixon walks away from there with Secretary of the Army, Stanley R Resor, Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird, and the four medal recipients. Scenes of spectators. Melvin R Laird talks to women.
Lottery selection held in full view of public for selecting potential soldiers for Vietnam. Youth who are part of an advisory committee for the Selective Service draw birth dates. The birth dates are read allowed and then matched with a number on the draft lottery board. (Vietnam War period).
The Selective Service System (SSS) in United States, its functioning and effects. Lottery selection held in full view of public for selecting potential soldiers for war. The draft lottery is concluded with Selective Service youth members drawing letters to complete the alphabet sequence, a subset of the randomn selection sequence associated with the draft lottery. The alphabet sequence matches the first letter of the last name of draft candidates against a number. The draft lottery is held at the Selective Service office in Washington DC by director General Lewis B. Hershey and others.