Airplanes

Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (foreground, left) and Secretary of State Dean Acheson (foreground, right) at Washington National Airport to greet President Harry S. Truman upon his return from the Wake Island Conference. The Presidential plane, Independence, is in the background. All others are unidentified.

Singer Phil Regan and former President Harry S. Truman prepare to enter a car as an unidentified man in a white hat looks on. Mr. Truman has arrived for a visit with at Phil Regan's home in Palm Springs, California. The private airplane on which they apparently arrived is in the background.

Left to right: An unidentified man in a cowboy hat greets singer Phil Regan, former President Harry S. Truman, and Washington former Governor Mon Wallgren as Mr. Truman arrives (apparently by private airplane) for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Regan at Palm Springs, California.

Left to right, two unidentified men in cowboy hats, entertainer Phil Regan, former President Harry S. Truman, and Washington's former Governor Mon Wallgren at Palm Springs, California. Mr. Truman is visiting the home of Phil Regan. They have evidently arrived by private airplane.

President Harry S. Truman (center on podium) giving a speech alongside President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (left on podium) upon President Dutra's arrival at Washington National Airport. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (shaking hands on the left) greeting President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (shaking hands on the right) as he arrives in the United States for an official visit. First Lady Bess W. Truman is standing next to President Truman, her back to the camera. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (left) behind a podium at Washington National Airport, giving a speech for the crowd after Dutra's arrival in the United States. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center, in light-colored suit) greeting President Eurico Dutra of Brazil (left) at the airport in Washington, on the occasion of Dutra's visit to the United States. Others are unidentified.

U.S. Reparations Mission members before departing from Washington, D.C. to Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley (not seen in photo) was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.)

The jet, "Charlie - 54 - Easy," that flew the U.S. Reparations Mission members Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.)