Tiernan, L. Curtis, 1884-1960

Former President Harry S. Truman attends a get-together of buddies of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. With Mr. Truman are l to r: unidentified member, unidentified member, Harry Jobes, Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan. See 97-64, and 66 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Former President Harry S. Truman attends a get-together of buddies of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. With Mr. Truman are l to r: unidentified member, unidentified member, Harry Jobes, Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan. See 97-64, and 66 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Former President Harry S. Truman attends a get-together of buddies of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. With Mr. Truman are l to r: Eugene P. Donnelly, Toastmaster; Eddie Meisburger, Secretary-Treasurer of Battery D; and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, who served as chaplain in World War I and World War II. This is similar to 69-499 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. From left to right: Basil O'Connor (directly behind Mr. Truman), former President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, Mary Jane Truman, Elmer Ellis, unidentified, unidentified, Father Curtis Tiernan. Includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, let) attended Catholic Mass at 11:30 a.m., conducted by Father L. Curtis Tiernan, Chief Chaplain of the United States Army Forces in the European theater (foreground, in white). Father Tiernan had known President Truman from World War I when Father Tiernan was the chaplain for the 129th Field Artillery of the 35th Division (in which Harry Truman served). President Truman is in Germany, attending the Potsdam Conference. Others are unidentified. From the album, number 2, "President Truman's trip to Potsdam."

Officers of the 129th Field Artillery at Chateau le Chenay, France, during World War I. Seated, left to right: Major John L. Miles; Lieutenant Colonel Marvin H. Gates; Colonel Emery T. Smith; Major Charles E. Wilson. Second Row, left to right: Captain Wernall T. Paterson; Captain Harry B. Allen; Captain Spencer Salisbury; Captain Harry S. Truman; Captain William D. Lawson, Jr.; Captain Roger T. Sermon. Standing on stairs, left to right: First Lieutenant Ralph E. Crenshaw; First Lieutenant Francis G. Walthew; First Lieutenant Edgar G.

Autographed sketch of Chaplain L. Curtis Tiernan, a Catholic priest who was Chaplain of Battery D during World War I and a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Lt. Curtis Tiernan (center), Chaplain, 129th Field Artillery, on a ship after World War One. Others are unidentified. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

President Harry S. Truman (center, wearing armband) marches with members of his World War I unit during the 35th Division Reunion Parade in Omaha, Nebraska. His World War I comrade Frank Spina holds the banner for their unit, Battery D. Marching in line behind President Truman are, from left to right: unidentified military officer, General Harry Vaughan, Eddie McKim, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and General Wallace Graham. In the next row, visible between Mr. McKim and Admiral Dennison, is Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) meets with two young girls at an event in Omaha, Nebraska. Also present are Eddie McKim (second from left), and Monsignor Curtis Tiernan (standing behind Mr. Truman, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.