Hospital patients

Harry S. Truman shaking hands with man in Washington Rehabilitation Center

Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran in a New York City hospital where he went to regain his strength shortly after his arrival in the United States. From photograph album "Visit of his Excellency Mohammad Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, to the United States of America, October 6 to November 18, 1951."

White House Police Force members Private Joseph Downs, left, and Private Donald Birdzell, right, are shown seated in wheelchairs while recovering in a Washington, D.C. hospital. They were wounded protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt while he was staying at Blair House. Joseph Downs was hit in the chest, abdomen, and thigh; Donald Birdzell was shot in both legs.

A group of forty disabled soldiers and their attendants from Walter Reed Hospital are partially shown here as guests attending Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies held on the White House lawn. President Harry S. Truman is shaking hands with Private First Class Samuel J. Barressi, Corry, Pennsylvania. Others in view are not identified.

A portion of the group of forty disabled soldiers and their attendants from Walter Reed Hospital are shown here as guests attending Congressional Medal of Honor ceremonies held on the White House lawn. President Harry S. Truman is shaking hands with Robert Soly, Cambridge, Massachusetts, while on the far right awaiting his turn is Arthur Hook, Rochester, New York.

In the log of President Truman's 10th Visit to Key West, Florida, it states that Jack Romagna, White House Staff, was admitted to the Naval Hospital. It also stated he had appendicitis. This photo was taken November 18th, 1951. There is no mention of the staff member attending the patient, presumed to be Mr. Romagna. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives, 4 X 5 negatives.

United States Navy sailor R. Kobar recovers in the sickbay of the USS Manchester from a 6" recoil injury. He is holding a cigarette in his hand.

President Harry S. Truman (left) visits Charles Corte (right), an Acme Newspictures photographer, at Georgetown Hospital after unveiling a plaque in honor of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Photograph taken from captured German soldiers of civilians tending to dead and wounded after battle in Stalingrad, Russia during World War II. This series includes photos 2009-2671 to 2713, 2009-2735, and 2009-2736.