Airmen

After christening the first of Capital Airlines new fleet of Constellations at the Washington, D.C. airport, Margaret Truman sits in the cockpit with Acting Chairman of C.A.B. Oswald Ryan for a personal tour of the plane. (See 2009-1954 thru 1958, 77-1340, and 59-947.)

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) shown with 11 Navy and Marine Exchange Pilots.

President Harry S. Truman attends the Armed Forces Day Parade. Pictured left to right are Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, United States Air Force, in charge of Armed Forces Day Parade, President Harry S. Truman, and Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to President Harry S. Truman.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) shakes hands with the unidentified pilot (left)that gave him the demonstration of the F105F Thunderchief fighter plane, which is in the background. General Truman was visiting Ramstein Air Force Base, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (rear) and an unidentified pilot (front) in the cockpit of an F-105F Thunderchief fighter plane during General Truman's visit to Ramstein Air Force Base, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Original oversize photograph is filed in oversize file.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified officer while another unidentified Air Force personnel looks on. The General was visiting Ramstein Air Force Base in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) and an unidentified pilot (right) board an F105F Thunderchief fighter plane during General Truman's visit to Ramstein Air Force Base, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (seated) receives instructions from an unidentified Air Force representative (kneeling) about flying the F-105F Thunderchief fighter plane. The General was visiting Ramstein Air Force Base in Rheinland-Pfalz which is in the southwest corner of Germany, near the city of Kaiserslautern.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (rear) and an unidentified pilot in the cockpit of an F105F Thunderchief fighter plane during General Truman's visit to Ramstein Air Force Base, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Lieutenant General Robert M. Cannon (left) Commanding General, 6th United States Army, is shown saying goodbye to Major General Louis W. Truman (right), Commanding General 4th Infantry Division & Fort Lewis, while Major Merwin M. Stenvere (center) of Hamilton Air Force Base, California (General Cannon's pilot) looks on. General Cannon was on his way back to the Presidio of San Francisco, California, the 6th Army Headquarters.