Arthur Marasco

Parade Rest for the honor guards of the 3rd "Old Guard" Infantry Regiment (Fort Myer, Virginia, and Fort McNair, D.C.) as they await the start of a traditional wreath-laying ceremony on the plaza of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. At the left-hand corner is The United States Army Band. From: Arthur Marasco.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport, as General Eisenhower departs for a survey of the Atlantic Pact Forces in Europe which he will command. From: Arthur Marasco.

President Harry S. Truman (left) wishes General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) good luck as Ike departs from Washington National Airport's MATS Terminal for a survey of his Atlantic Pact forces in Europe. See also 77-1525 and 1527. From: Arthur Marasco.

From left to right: Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. They are present to send off General Eisenhower as he departs for Europe to survey his Atlantic Pact forces. See also 77-1541. From: Arthur Marasco.

General Douglas MacArthur is pictured at Washington National Airport's MATS Terminal after debarking with his family from the airplane "BATAAN." Waving (left to right) are the General, his wife Jean, and 13-year-old son Arthur. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur debarks from a C-47 transport at MATS Terminal, Washington, D.C., arriving after his dismissal as Far East Supreme Commander. The two military officers on the ramp are unidentified. Donor: Arthur Marasco

Princess Elizabeth of England and her Prince Consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. From left to right are: U.S. State Department Protocol Chief John F. Simmons, President Harry S. Truman, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See 86-141.) From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

The traditional artillery funeral caisson carrying the remains of Sergeant 1st Class John Rice wends its way through Arlington National Cemetery to the grave. A full-blooded Winnebago Indian, his family had been refused burial of his remains by a cemetery in his native Sioux City, Iowa. President Harry S. Truman stepped in and arranged for his burial with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Sgt. Rice was killed in action in Korea, September 6, 1950. See also 77-1710. From: Arthur Marasco.

Volunteer pallbearers of the 3rd "Old Guard" Infantry Regiment lift the flag over the casket of Sergeant 1st Class John Rice who was killed in action in Korea, September 6, 1950, while leading his squad in a First Cavalry Division attack. A full-blooded Winnebago Indian, his family had been refused burial of his remains by a cemetery in his native Sioux City, Iowa. President Truman stepped in and arranged for his burial with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Family mourners are seated in the front row. In the wheelchair is Sergeant Rice's mother, Mrs. Samie Davis.

President Harry S. Truman and others view the annual Armed Forces Day parade from the Presidential Reviewing Stand on the Ellipse. Viewers (left to right - front row) are: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Navy Aide to the President; Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, Commander of Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., and officer-in-charge of Washington, D.C. area celebrations of the event; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, and Major General Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.