Cemeteries

Egyptian styled mausoleum in North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

A Chinese cemetery outside Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

Interior view of burial monument located in St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Identified by Thayer as "the dressed skeleton of a monk, guarding the Charnal House where the deceased monks of the Monastery are buried." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Photograph of the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery at Romagne, France. Fourteen thousand World War I dead were buried there on 130-1/2 acres, with about 900 "unknown." From: Unknown.

Grave of P.L. Reser who died March 21, 1900 which was found after clearing trees and brush from Section Number 3. The oil pipeline was diverted to leave the grave undisturbed. From the scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views - First Section of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline.

Cemetery in St. Mihiel on western front of France. Went back to look around. We were in artillery reserve on September 12, 1918 when drive on this sector started. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Battery A graves in France. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Truman property caretakers (voluntary) Jack Swadley and Howard Jones in Blue Ridge Cemetery, now called Grandview Cemetery. From: Mrs. Roger Smith, Grandview, Missouri

Where we left part of our men in the Argonne drive. Graves of the 1st Battalion near Charpentry. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Soldiers posing near Fort Douaumont at Verdun, showing a couple of French graves with crosses. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.