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Pinning of Colonel Emblem Ceremony

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus, Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Pinning of Colonel Emblem Ceremony

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus (partly obscured), Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Pinning of Colonel Emblem Ceremony

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, former President Truman, Rufus Burrus (partly obscured), Colonel John A. Riffle, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Pinning of Colonel Emblem Ceremony

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus (partly obscured), Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Second Annual Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors

Second Annual Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors. From left to right: Herman Kahn, Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park; Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor, University of Kansas, Lawrence; James V. Jones, St. Louis University, St. Louis; Dean Francis M. Heller, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean, Lawrence; Dr. Richard M. Drake, Chancellor, Kansas City University; Dr. W.D. Aeschbacher, Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Lawrence; Dr. Pete Kyle McCarter, Vice President, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Andrew J.

Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International

Members of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs meet in the Research Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right are Boyd Shafer, James V. Jones, Carleton F. Scofield, G.L. Cross, W.D. Aeschbacher, Dexter Perkins, Julian P. Boyd, Virgil M. Hancher, Wayne C. Grover, Francis H. Heller, Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, Elmer Ellis, Philip C. Brooks, Tom L. Evans, Thomas C. Blaisdell Jr., Earl J. McGrath, Thomas N. Eliot, Samuel P. Hays, Louis B. Wright, W. Clarke Wescoe, James L.

Truman Institute Members at the Old Plantation Restaurant

Members of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs, along with their spouses, are dining at the Old Plantation Restaurant in Independence, Missouri. Seated around the table from left to right, are: Francis Heller, W.D. Aeschbacher, Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr., Mrs. Heller, Archivist of the United States Wayne C. Grover, James V. Sellers, Boyd Shafer, Truman Library Director Philip C. Brooks, and James V. Jones. In the bottom right corner are Mrs. James Sellers and Rufus Burrus.

Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs

Members of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs meet in the Research Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right are Boyd Shafer, James V. Jones, Carleton F. Scofield, G.L. Cross, W.D. Aeschbacher, Dexter Perkins, Julian P. Boyd, Virgil M. Hancher, Wayne C. Grover, Francis H. Heller, Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, Elmer Ellis, Philip C. Brooks, Tom L. Evans, Thomas C. Blaisdell Jr., Earl J. McGrath, Thomas N. Eliot, Samuel P. Hays, Louis B. Wright, W. Clarke Wescoe, James L.

Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs

Members of the Harry S. Truman Institute for National and International Affairs meet in the Research Room of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right are Boyd Shafer, James V. Jones, Carleton F. Scofield, G.L. Cross, W.D. Aeschbacher, Dexter Perkins, Julian P. Boyd, Virgil M. Hancher, Wayne C. Grover, Francis H. Heller, Earl Warren, former President Harry S. Truman, Elmer Ellis, Philip C. Brooks, Tom L. Evans, Thomas C. Blaisdell Jr., Earl J. McGrath, Thomas N. Eliot, Samuel P. Hays, Louis B. Wright, W. Clarke Wescoe, James L.