Image: B0281-33

Event: Arrival ceremony

Location: Andrews Air Force Base

Description: President Gerald R. Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger join the Meloy and Waring families for the arrival ceremony of the remains of Ambassador to Lebanon Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring, who were assassinated by terrorists in Beirut on June 16.  Also present are L. Dean Brown, Special Emissary to Lebanon, and Secretary of the Senate Francis Valeo. 

Date: June 19, 1976

Credit: Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library

Photographer: David Hume Kennerly

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