Ford, Elbert L. (Elbert Louis), b. 1892

On the main firing front at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, President Harry S. Truman (with binoculars) examines a target through his binoculars. Others observing the demonstration, left to right: General E.L. Ford, General E.E. MacMorland, General Harry Vaughan, and General J. Lawton Collins.

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 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; General Harry Vaughan (obscured by Collins). From: Harry H. Vaughan.