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Marine Pilots Standing Near Their Aircraft

98-722
Accession Number
98-722
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350290381
Keywords
Marines
Military aircraft
Military bases
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Marine; Armed Services - Marines - General File - Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay - Marine Air Station; Truman - Ceremonies - Military Reviews; Truman - Trips - Other - Post-Presidential - Hawaii - 1953
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Credit:
U.S. Marine Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Marine Pilots are standing at attention near the nose of their aircraft as they are parked on the tarmac at the commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, where the Truman family were guests. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Date(s)
April 18, 1953