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Truman at Aberdeen Proving Ground

President Harry S. Truman (standing on the ground, looking up at camera) and other unidentified persons standing next to a T-41 "Walker Bulldog" tank, named after the late General Walton Walker, during a visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Standing on the stepladder is Secretary of the Army Frank Pace. All others are unidentified.

Truman at Military Demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground

President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries during a military demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Front row, left to right: Major General Edward MacMorland, Commanding Officer, Aberdeen Proving Ground; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins. Second row: Averell Harriman (second from right) and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right). Third row: General Harry Vaughan (right). Admiral Robert Dennison is in the row behind General Vaughan, second from the right. All others are unidentified.