Reunions

Senator Harry S. Truman at the Battery D Reunion dinner. Inscribed: "Best Wishes for your continued success from your Friend and Buddy, Ernest L. Schmidt."

Battery D Reunion at the Ambassador Hotel, in Kansas City. This photo is signed in the corner by Senator Harry S. Truman "Best wishes, Harry S. Truman." Original photograph is filed in autographed photo file. This picture was in a photo album of Battery D at the inauguration in 1949, a gift of Frank Kuntz.

U.S. District Judge Albert A. Ridge shakes hands with his WWI Captain, former President Harry S. Truman. The occasion was just before the annual Armistice Day dinner of Battery D, at which "Captain Harry" was surprised with a $2,000 check for his memorial library. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman standing beside wreath in front of memorial to military personnel who gave their lives in Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. Photo taken during Thirty Fifth Division annual reunion, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center), walking in a parade with members at Battery D, Thirty Fifth Division reunion, in St. Joseph, Missouri. General Ralph Truman and Clifton "Sox" Sampson are left.

Former President Harry S. Truman at microphone smiling and speaking at a ceremony in front of memorial to military personnel who gave their lives in Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. Honor guard in background. General Ralph Truman, in civilian clothes, stands at attention at right. This is a Battery D reunion ceremony in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Men saluting and a band march down a street in a 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Harry S. Truman (not in photo) attended this reunion during his western trip. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Former President Harry S. Truman congratulates Democratic Governor-Elect Orval Faubus of Arkansas as he becomes President of the 35th Division Association. The annual reunion of that group met in Kansas City, Kansas.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at the annual reunion in Kansas City, Kansas, at the memorial for the dead of the 35th Division.

Left to right: Unidentified man, former President Harry S. Truman, and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan at a reunion of the 35th Division in Kansas City, Missouri. Father Tiernan was chaplain in the 35th Division. From: Truman Wing.