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President Truman Speaks at the Dedication of AMVETS Headquarters

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks to veterans and others at the dedication of the new AMVETS headquarters at 1710 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. Also present on the left side of the speaker's stand is Secretary of the Army Frank Pace. The military officer seated behind President Truman is General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

President Truman Receives Rock from Fort Corregidor

President Harry S. Truman (facing camera, fourth from left) in the Oval Office, posing for photographers as he accepted as a gift from the people of the Philippines a rock from Corregidor. The Rock was presented by a delegation including the Ambassador from the Philippines to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (facing camera, fifth from left); Colonel Harry Peck, a survivor of the Bataan Death march (second from left); and Major Manuel Acosta, a Filipino veteran who lost his arm (third from right). All others are unidentified.

President Truman Receives Rock of Corregidor

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) in the Oval Office, accepting as a gift from the people of the Philippines a rock from Corregidor. The Rock was presented by a delegation including the Ambassador from the Philippines to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (fifth from left); Colonel Harry Peck, a survivor of the Bataan Death march (second from left); and Major Manuel Acosta, a Filipino veteran who lost his arm (third from right). All others are unidentified.