Cold War

Women at board during an atomic safety drill in New Orleans, Louisiana. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Berlin Airlift plane flies low over people as it delivers food to Berlin, Germany after the Soviet Blockade. There are children in the crowd. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Russian tanks roll into Romania, forcibly taking it in as part of the Warsaw Pact. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: 306-ST-401.

Greek insurrection. Electoral meeting organized by the EDA on the Place de la Concorde in Athens, Greece. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-83242.

Look behind the mask! Communism is death. Anti-communist poster depicting Stalin. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80757.

Scene from a Soviet play, "The Warmongers," directed against the United States. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-US262-1.

Soviet tanks roll into Prague, Czechoslovakia. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80760.

Unidentified Coast Guard sailors in front of the United States Coast Guard cutter "Courier" at its dedication as a mobile transmitter for the "Voice of America" radio broadcasts. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Administrator, U.S. International Information Administration; President Harry S. Truman; and Captain Oscar C. B. Wev, captain of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Courier" during President Truman's visit to the ship. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) gives a Voice of America address from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Courier". Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook