Spaatz, Carl A. (Carl Andrew), 1891-1974

General Carl Spaatz (foreground, center, back to camera) decorates members of the 8th Air Force as part of the 7th Anniversary celebration at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. All others are unidentified.

Members of the United States Air Force are standing on the back of a vehicle during a review at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. They are there to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the 8th Air Force. From left to right: General Roger M. Ramey, General Carl Spaatz, General Ira Eaker, General Curtis LeMay, General William Kepner, General Clements McMullen, General Robert Landry, Colonel Towle, and Colonel Roberts.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) presents the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz (foreground, center), United States Air Force, for exceptionally notorious and distinguished service as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Standing from left to right behind the President and General Spaatz are: General Robert Landry, unidentified military officer, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) awards the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force (foreground, center). Left to right: Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) sits with General Carl Spaatz (right). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with General Carl A. Spaatz (right). President Truman is congratulating General Spaatz for winning the Robert J. Collier Trophy for an outstanding contribution to aviation by an American. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and General Carl A. (Tooey) Spaatz, Commanding General of Strategic Air Forces in Europe, are shown speaking in the Oval Office of the White House. The General returned to his home in Alexandria, Virginia yesterday and called on the President today.

Former President Harry S. Truman and other sitting dignitaries chat with an unidentified female member of the U.S. Air Force prior to ceremonies awarding the former President a plaque honoring him as First Commander-in-Chief of the United States Air Force. (See also 2007-216.) Left to right (sitting) are: Orchestra leader Skitch Henderson, Toastmaster; Mr. Truman; Senator Stuart Symington; Hon. Eugene Zuckert, Secretary of the Air Force; and General Carl A. Spaatz. (Original photograph in oversize drawer.) The location is unknown.

On the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the United States Air Force, former President Harry S. Truman accepts a plaque from an unidentified female member of the U.S. Air Force, which reads, in part: "In recognition of his understanding and appreciation of the Aero Space Age and for providing the United States of America with an independent Air Force to meet the challenges of the future, this testimonial is presented to Harry S. Truman, First Commander-in-Chief, United States Air Force...." Others in the photo, left to right, are: Orchestra leader Skitch Henderson, Toastmaster; Mr.

General Carl A. (Tooey) Spatz, Commanding General of Strategic Air Forces,(right)with President Truman at the White House. (See also 89-66.) From: Beth Gore