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President Harry S. Truman Arriving For Visit to Fort Benning, Georgia

70-3253
Accession Number
70-3253
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 337952460
Related Collection
Matthews, Francis P. Papers
Keywords
Airplanes
Cabinet officers
Military bases
Presidential aircraft
Presidential trips
Presidents
Administrative personnel
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Independence; Truman - Trips - Fort Benning, Georgia
People Pictured
Johnson, Louis Arthur, 1891-1966
Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985
Tobin, Maurice J., 1901-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
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Description
President Harry S. Truman is in view in the center of the photograph, shown arriving at Lawson Air Force Base, Georgia. Others in view include: Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense, second from the right; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury, directly behind Truman; and General Harry H. Vaughn in uniform behind Truman to the left. Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin is standing behind Snyder. Also visible is a partial view of the presidential airplane, "The Independence." Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."
Date(s)
April 21, 1950