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Truman Laying a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

73-2095
Accession Number
73-2095
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White

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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified. Also present are Secretary of War Henry Stimson (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (fifth from left); and British Ambassador to the United States Lord Halifax (sixth from left). Others are unidentified.
Date(s)
November 11, 1945