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President Harry S. Truman Receives Sword

64-131
Accession Number
64-131
8.5x6.6 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343789211
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Gifts
Presidents
Weapons
HST Keywords
Masamune Sword; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army; Truman - Gifts - Other; Truman Library - Museum Objects - Masamune Sword
People Pictured
Krueger, Walter, 1881-1967
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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International News Photos

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Description
General Walter Krueger (right) presents President Harry S. Truman (left) with a 650 year old Japanese sword. The general received the sword from a Japanese family while with the 10th Army occupation forces in Japan. From: the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.
Date(s)
March 4, 1946