Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes

Street scene of marching band playing in the Armed Forces Day Parade.

Street scene of soldiers marching in the Armed Forces Day Parade. President Harry S. Truman is seated under the shelter on the reviewing stand, third from the right.

Scene of uniformed women marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of soldiers driving in a jeep in the Armed Forces Day Parade, taken from back of reviewing stand. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (slightly behind Truman), General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (slightly behind Eisenhower). All others are unidentified.

Color guard passing the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Day parade. Standing in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of military band marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Standing in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Exterior view showing a group of cadets tossing their caps in the air at the end of their graduation ceremony. Back caption reads in part: "Cap tossing, traditional at service academies, takes place following the graduates' last order from the Air Force Academy's Commandant of Cadets, that of, 'Gentlemen, you are dismissed'."

Exterior view of an unidentified event or ceremony believed to have been held at the West Point military academy. Includes a line of cadets as well as civilian spectators and other military personnel. Although Charles W. Thayer is not identified in the photograph, it is probably associated with him. Thayer graduated from West Point in 1933.

Motorcycles riding down the street in the Armed Forces Day Parade.

President Harry S. Truman returning a rifle to a Marine after inspecting it, as other Marines stand at attention, during the President's visit to the United States Marine Corps base at Quantico, Virginia. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: unidentified Marine, General Harry Vaughan, unidentified Marine, unidentified officer, Admiral Robert Dennison (wearing sunglasses), and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.