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Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with General Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island

2006-273
Accession Number
2006-273
3.75 x 5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 350376902
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Truman - Trips - Wake Island; Wake Island - Truman and MacAthur; MacArthur, General Douglas; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - MacArthur, General Douglas
People Pictured
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
Gordon B. Cone

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (left)shakes hands with General Douglas MacArthur after stepping off the presidential plane, The Independence, onto Wake Island for a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. Other in the photo are unidentified. From: Gordon B. Cone.
Date(s)
October 14, 1950