Bess and Margaret Truman and others wait for the official ceremonies at the airport to end. The President's airplane, the "Independence," is in the background. They have landed in Trinidad, BWI, on the way to Brazil. From the album, President Truman's trip to Rio de Janeiro.
Admiral William D. Leahy and President Harry S. Truman study a map while aboard the Presidential airplane, "The Independence."
"The Sacred Cow," the most historic aircraft then in commission, made its final flight at 11:10 A.M., Tuesday, October 17th, before going into retirement and enshrinement. Major General Brooke Allen, Commander of Headquarters Command, who was the first American bomber air pilot to go into combat in World War II, landed the Air Force C-54 that flew both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman during World War II, at Andrews Air Force Base after making an eight mile flight from Bolling.