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The Independence, the Presidential airplane

72-814 (untitled)
Accession Number
72-814
9.5x13.5 inches
Black & White
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Keywords
Presidential trips
Presidential aircraft
Airplanes
HST Keywords
Wake Island; Airplanes - Independence
Rights

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Credit:
Department of State

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Presidential airplane, The Independence. From an album of photographs of the visit of President Harry S. Truman to Wake Island for a conference with General Douglas MacArthur. General MacArthur's plane, SCAP, follows the Independence in take-off.
Date(s)
October 15, 1950