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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Truman at Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, Captain Clark Clifford, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri the day Churchill gave the "Iron Curtain" speech. From left to right: Winston Churchill, William Leahy (behind Churchill), Clark Clifford, Harry Vaughan, and President Truman. Credit: Terry Savage.

President Truman at a banquet with officers

President Harry S. Truman attending a dinner sponsored by the Forty-Eight State Wing Command of the Civil Aeronautic Patrol at the Statler Hotel in Washington. He is sitting with several officers at a long table. (L-R) Major General Fred L. Anderson; Assistant Secretary of War for Air Stuart Symington; President Truman; Colonel Earl Johnson; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; General Carl Spaatz; and Brigadier General Bill Hall.