Women soldiers

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes with three members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at Harrowbeer Field near Plymouth, England, where the President's airplane landed enroute to the ship USS Augusta. President Truman has just completed attending the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From left to right: Section Officer Eira Buckland-Jones, President Truman, Corporal Clarice Turner, Secretary of State Byrnes, and Leading Aircraft Woman Audley Bartlett. Others in the background are unidentified. From the album, number 2: "President Truman's Trip to Potsdam."

President Harry S. Truman with women of the Armed Forces in the Oval Office. Signal Corps personnel in left foreground working the photo-shoot. Autographed by Signal Corps Personnel, autograph dated October 31, 1951.

Three unidentified servicewomen are still on the job at Prestwich Airfield in England after World War II has ended. All others are unidentified.

Army nurses attend the War Crimes Trial in Japan as spectators. From left to right: Captain Edna Lura of Roland, Iowa; Major Grace Alt of Baltimore, Maryland; Lieutenant Colonel Mary Philips of Freesburg, Wisconsin; and Colonel Florence Blanchfield of Washington D.C. They were seated in the distinguished spectators gallery in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan at the trial of twenty seven leading Japanese war criminals.

Actress Jan Sterling (second from right) chats with other unidentified women while on a United Service Organization (USO) Tour to South Korea. From: Gene Putnam

Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews attends a party celebrating his retirement from the Navy to become United States Ambassador to Ireland. The party took place in the Pentagon offices of Secretary Matthews. From left to right: unidentified Navy WAVE officer; Secretary Matthews; Mary (Mrs. Francis) Matthews; unidentified Navy WAVE officer.

Captain Gloria Sauls attends the Air Force Association Convention and was Miss Air Power.

Captain Gloria Sauls, Miss Air Power, (left) and Lieutenant General Leon Johnson (right) attend the Air Force Association Convention in San Francisco, California. Sitting between them is the Air Force Association Award to the 435th Troop Carrier Wing of Miami, Florida, the Outstanding Air Wing Reserve of 1955.

A female military personnel member poses with a dog.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with wounded veterans from the Washington area during a garden party at the White House. Over 800 veterans attended the event. President Truman is shaking hands with Army Nurse Lieutenant Joan Cruchacz. Standing in the receiving line from left to right: unidentified woman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.