Box 4

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers listening to a question from the floor during a meeting with United States Air Force Europe airmen at Lindsey Air Station in Germany.

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers standing with a delegation behind President Richard M. Nixon signing a bill for a Commemorative Medal. Also included is a letter from the Deputy Assistant to the President to accompany the photograph.

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers and Ray Cote. Included is a letter from Frank G. Jameson of the Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, California, requesting an autographed copy of the photograph.

Two photographs of L. Mendel Rivers visiting Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma surrounded by children attending the elementary school named in his honor. Also included is a letter from the President of the Altus Chamber of Commerce to accompany the photographs.

Six photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending an event at what appears to be Middleton Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina.

Five photographs of L. Mendel Rivers using a shovel to break ground and giving a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers and Representative George Elliott Hagan accepting awards from the Savannah City Council in Georgia.

A booklet of photographs from a visit by L. Mendel Rivers to the Fort Worth Texas Division of General Dynamics to inspect new military aircraft.

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers and Michael E. Conway attending an Armed Forces Day civic luncheon in San Francisco, California.

A photograph of Representative George Elliott Hagan and L. Mendel Rivers at the House Armed Services Committee Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) Breakfast.