National cemeteries

Ceremonies at the amphitheatre of Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day.

President Harry S. Truman (center group, front) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center group, center) at Arlington National Cemetery, attending funeral services for former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt of the White House Police Force, who was killed while protecting President Truman from an assassination attempt on November 1. Walking behind President and Mrs. Truman are (left to right) General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, and physician General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

The horse drawn cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1,1950. Location is Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Private Leslie Coffelt during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt, a member of the White House Police Force and formerly in the United States Army, was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (far right of coffin); Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right of coffin). All others unidentified.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for former U.S. Army Private Leslie Coffelt, who at the time of death was a White House Police Force guard who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950.

President Harry S. Truman (center, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center, left) attend the funeral services for White House Police Force guard and former U.S. Army draftee Leslie Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. All others unidentified.

Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras (left) and Major General Hobart Gay (right) stand at attention during the National Anthems of Cuba and America at Arlington National Cemetery in front of the Memorial to the battleship Maine. Soldiers in the background are unidentified.

Vice President Harry S. Truman attended Easter Sunrise services at Arlington National Cemetery that were sponsored by the Knights Templar. The three men in the front are, from left to right, Admiral Ernest J. King, Charles N. Orr, and Vice President Harry S. Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

View of the United States Armed Forces Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton.

Entrance to United States Armed Forces Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton