Memorials

View of the entrance court from the theatre ruins at the Pacific War Memorial located on the island of Corregidor, Philippines.

Artists rendering of the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial, later called the Pacific War Memorial. The design was created by Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson Architects & Engineers with Lawrence Halprin & Associates Landscape Architects.

Entrance plaque at the Pacific War Memorial located on the island of Corregidor, Philippines.

View of the rotunda from the monument at the Pacific War Memorial located on the island of Corregidor, Philippines.

Photograph of a model showing a proposed design for the Corregidor-Bataan Memorial, later called the Pacific War Memorial. The model was created by Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson Architects, AIA.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman are seen standing by what is believed to be a war memorial located in the Stalingrad area. They were known to have placed a wreath at the monument to the heroes of Stalingrad. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Mr. and Mrs. Harriman are seen standing by what is believed to be a war memorial located in the Stalingrad area. They were known to have placed a wreath at the monument to the heroes of Stalingrad. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. Original 35mm negative.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Averell Harriman are seen standing by what is believed to be a war memorial located in the Stalingrad area. They were known to have placed a wreath at the monument to the heroes of Stalingrad. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) and others stand next to a wreath which he placed at the base of the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, Mexico. Third from left is Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs. The others are unidentified. President Truman is the first United States President to visit Mexico while in office. (See also 69-361, 66-3165 and 2002-208, 209 and 210.) From: Truman Home.

Photo of a Belgian war memorial to U.S. soldiers consisting of an urn containing soil covered with the blood of American paratroopers spilled during the historic Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Belgium. The urn was presented to President Harry S. Truman on July 10, 1946, at the White House. The urn is made of jade green malachite from the Belgian Congo with the Four Freedoms lettered in silver. (See also 66-1852.)