Collins, J. Lawton (Joseph Lawton), 1896-1987

President Harry S. Truman (in raincoat at bottom of steps) being greeted by unidentified Army officers upon his arrival by train at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, for an inspection of the facility. Standing behind Truman on the train is (left to right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General J. Lawton Collins, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries during a military demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Front row, left to right: Major General Edward MacMorland, Commanding Officer, Aberdeen Proving Ground; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins. Second row: Averell Harriman (second from right) and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right). Third row: General Harry Vaughan (right). Admiral Robert Dennison is in the row behind General Vaughan, second from the right. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in front of a train at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Foreground, from left to right: Major General Edward E. MacMorland, Commander of Aberdeen; Major General Elbert L. Ford, Chief of Ordnance (behind MacMorland); Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech during his visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. From left to right: unidentified Army officer; Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; Major General Edward MacMorland, Commanding Officer of Aberdeen Proving Ground; President Truman; unidentified military officer; General J. Lawton Collins.

President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries during a military demonstration at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Front row, left to right: Major General Edward MacMorland, Commanding Officer, Aberdeen Proving Ground; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins. Second row: Averell Harriman (second from right) and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right). Third row: General Harry Vaughan (right). Admiral Robert Dennison is in the row behind General Vaughan, second from the right. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman descending a staircase at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Near the bottom of the stairs are President Truman (left) and Major General Edward MacMorland (right), Commanding Officer of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Directly behind Truman are Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) and General J. Lawton Collins. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman watching a demonstration of military hardware with other dignitaries, (unidentified) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Front row, left to right: Major General Edward MacMorland, President Truman, and General J. Lawton Collins. Seated in the second row, right, is Secretary of the Army Frank Pace. All others are unidentified.

Portrait of General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, who met with President Harry S. Truman on October 4, 1949, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when the President visited this installation to review airborne maneuvers as well as to review 20,000 troops and inspect new artillery weapons.

Standing, left to right: Gordon Gray, Assistant Secretary of the Army; Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff; Edwin W. Pauley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Seated, left to right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff; Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall, Major General William H. Draper, Under Secretary of the Army.

Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall with former and present members of his staff. Seated, left to right: General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief of Staff; Mr. Royall and William H. Draper, Under Secretary of the Army. Standing, left to right: Mr. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of Air (Former Assistant Secretary of War for Air); Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army; and Mr. Edwin W. Pauley, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. Pentagon Building, Washington, D.C.