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President Harry S. Truman chats with General Douglas MacArthur at the airport on Wake Island

2006-275 (untitled)
Accession Number
2006-275
3.75x6 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Armed forces officers
Presidential aircraft
Presidential press secretaries
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Airplanes - Independence; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - MacArthur, Douglas; Truman - Trips - Wake Island; Wake Island
People Pictured
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
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 chats with General Douglas MacArthur after stepping off the presidential plane, The Independence, at Wake Island for a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. On the left is Charles Ross, the President's Press Secretary. From: Gordon B. Cone
Date(s)
October 14, 1950