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Truman, Attlee, and King at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

73-2094
Accession Number
73-2094
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338955286
Keywords
Ambassadors
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Naval officers
Presidents
Prime ministers
Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
Visitors, Foreign
Wreath laying ceremonies
HST Keywords
Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Britain; Truman - Dignitaries - Foreign - Canada; Tomb of Unknown Soldier
People Pictured
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of, 1881-1959
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified. Also present are Secretary of War Henry Stimson (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (fifth from left); and British Ambassador to the United States Lord Halifax (sixth from left). Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
November 11, 1945