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President Harry S. Truman Leaving Wake Island

63-1149-04 (untitled)
Accession Number
63-1149-04
5.75x3.5 inches
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Related Collection
Pace, Frank, Jr. Papers
Keywords
Armed forces officers
Cabinet officers
Korean War, 1950-1953
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidential trips
Presidents
HST Keywords
Wake Island; Truman - Dignitaries - Military - Army; Truman - Trips - Wake Island - 1950
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Pace, Frank, 1912-1988
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
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Description
President Harry S. Truman (near center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with an unidentified armed forces officers and says goodbye to unidentified men before leaving Wake Island. President Truman traveled to Wake Island to confer with General Douglas MacArthur. Also present is Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (just behind and to the left of the President); Press Secretary Charles Ross (visible behind and to the right of Harriman); and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second man behind Ross). All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
October 15, 1950