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Truman and Carlsen at VFW Congressional Dinner

60-155-02
Accession Number
60-155-02
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348099189
Related Collection
White House Central Files: President's Personal File
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Awards
Dinners and dining
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Veterans
HST Keywords
Truman - Addresses - General File; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Hotel - Statler - Washington, D. C.; Truman - Awards - Receive - Certificate - Citation
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Fine, John Sydney, 1893-1978
Landry, Robert B. (Robert Broussard), 1909-2000
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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Ankers, Washington (D.C .)

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman (with glasses) and Capt. Henrik Kurt Carlsen (front, right) hold and look at the VFW Distinguished Citizenship citation at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Congressional Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. In the background, left to right are John S. Fine, Governor of Pennsylvania; Brigadier General Robert Landry; unidentified; Major General Harry Vaughan; unidentified. This photo was sent to President Truman by Omar Ketchum, Director, Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Date(s)
February 5, 1952