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President Harry S. Truman steps off the Independence after landing on Wake Island

2006-270 (untitled)
Accession Number
2006-270
3.75x5 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Presidential aircraft
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Independence; MacArthur, General Douglas - Ref. to; Truman - Trips - Wake Island; Wake Island - Truman
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Credit:
Gordon B. Cone

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman disembarks from the presidential plane, The Independence, after arriving at Wake Island for a historic conference with General Douglas MacArthur on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Gordon B. Cone.
Date(s)
October 14, 1950