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President Truman reviewing troops

President Harry S. Truman reviewing troops at Springfield, Missouri, during the reunion of the 35th Division Association. Inspection of honor guard at the airport. With President Truman are Admiral Robert Dennison, General Harry Vaughan, and General Ralph E. Truman. U. S. Army photo - 6th Armored Division, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Soldiers Watching the Sky as Allied and German Planes Fight

Alerted soldiers of M-51 antiaircraft battery are silhouetted against a German sky streaked with vapor trails from Allied and enemy planes engaged in a dog fight. The battery is waiting to fire on an incoming enemy strafer. Left to right: Pvt. Victor R. Philips, Newton. Ill.; Pfc. William Harris, Evening Shade, Arkansas, and Pfc. Roy E. Ridings, Searcy, Arkansas. Near Puffendorf, Germany.