Airmen

Officer Jim Farrell holds on to a stick underneath the plane, The Independence, which seems to be holding up the tail section. The plane made a stop at Albrook AFB, Canal Zone, on its way back to Washington, D.C., after transporting Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla back to Chile. From: Wilfred M. Husted.

Air Force officer Jim Farrell stands in front of President Harry S. Truman's plane, The Independence, after it landed at Albrook AFB in the Canal Zone. The plane is on the way back to Washington, D.C., after transporting Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla back to Chile. From: Wilfred M. Husted.

Major Jerome Eichholz and two unidentified men stand in front of the presidential plane "The Independence" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."