Veterans

A view of the podium and the seated dignitaries at Arlington National Cemetery where President Harry S. Truman will make a speech for Memorial Day. Seated in the third row next to the woman wearing the hat is Secretary of Defense Kenneth Royall. Seated on the left of Mr. Royall is President Truman. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a black arm band, posed for a group photo with seven other dignitaries. They are attending the 35th Division reunion in Kansas City. Left to right are: Unidentified, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, General Ralph Truman, unidentified, President Truman, Dr. Wallace H. Graham, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) lays a wreath at the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon in commemoration of Washington's birthday. Louis Starr, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is at far right. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) places a wreath at the tomb of George Washington at Mt. Vernon in commemoration of Washington's birthday. Louis Starr, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is at far right. Others are unidentified.

Portrait of a laughing President Harry S. Truman taken during an unidentified 35th Division annual reunion. Donor: Nicholas Georgieff, photographer for the 35th Division.

Former President Harry S. Truman on the reviewing stand (center) during the 35th Division reunion parade in Little Rock, Arkansas. Left to right: Unidentified, unidentified, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, former President Truman, General Ralph E. Truman and Warren Osgood. See also 66-6609.

President Harry S. Truman (front, standing with veteran) decorating a soldier with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and photographers look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton, seated second from left, front row.

President Harry S. Truman decorating a soldier during a Medal of Honor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and guests look on. In the background, standing directly in front of the candelabra, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing in front of the flag, leaning over the table of medals is Major General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (front, standing with veteran) decorating a soldier with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, as other recipients and photographers look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton is seated second from left, front row. Major General Harry Vaughan is standing in front of the flag with the remaining medals.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center) posing with some of the twenty-eight recipients of the Medal of Honor who were decorated at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.