U.S. Air Force

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left) sits down to dinner with officers during a visit to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in Belton, Missouri. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: Laun C. Smith, Jr., Captain, USAF, Information Service Officer

Secretary of State George C. Marshall can be seen in the middle of a crowd gathered to meet President Harry S. Truman (who is in the photo but not identifiable) at the Touring Club Landing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (middle right) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) greet a crowd at the Touring Club Landing, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after arrival by motor launch from Galeao Airport on Governor's Island. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (back seat, right) smile at the crowd from the back seat of an automobile as they parade down the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (second from left, next to officer in white uniform, party obscured) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (third from left) prepare to enter an automobile for a parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left, behind Truman) are escorted from the Galeao Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Brazilian officers. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from the right) are escorted from the Galeao Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (center) is escorted from the Galeao Airport on Governor's Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with an unidentified Brazilian officer who greeted him upon his arrival on the Independence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Others in the photo are also unidentified. The President is to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Under the wing of the "Independence," President Harry S. Truman (third from left) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (fourth from the left) stand at attention for the playing of the Brazilian National Anthem. Both are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Inter-American Defense Conference. All others are unidentified. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."