Torres Bodet, Jaime, 1902-1974

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with an unidentified Mexican General as Mexican Foreign Minister Torres Bodet looks on. President Truman made an unscheduled stop at the Niños Héroes Monument, honoring the youthful heroes of the Battle of Chapultepec in the US/Mexican War of 1847. The monument is in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Mexico. From an album of photos of President Truman's trip to Mexico.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) and others stand next to a wreath which he placed at the base of the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, Mexico. Third from left is Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs. The others are unidentified. President Truman is the first United States President to visit Mexico while in office. (See also 69-361, 66-3165 and 2002-208, 209 and 210.) From: Truman Home.