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Truman Peering Through Binoculars at Quantico

73-3336
Accession Number
73-3336
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 338957844
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
Ordnance testing
HST Keywords
Truman - Ceremonies - Military Reviewsl; Virginia, Quantico
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Feeney, Joseph G., 1910-1968
Murphy, Charles S. (Charles Springs), 1909-1983
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
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 peering through binoculars, with other dignitaries, watching a weapons demonstration involving amphibious helicopter landings at the United States Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. Seated behind Truman in the second row are, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Seated in the fourth row, behind Mr. Murphy is Joseph Feeney. All others are unidentified.

Date(s)
June 15, 1950