Airplanes

American Legion National Commander Paul Griffith (far right) shakes hands with General Harry H. Vaughan in front of an airplane as an unidentified military officer and an unidentified Legion member look on.

Members of the Reparations Mission committee at Mines Field Airport, Los Angeles, California, before takeoff. 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).

Damage to airplane factory due to B-29 attack in 1944. Outside of this and a small amount of damage in Anahan, the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley found no other evidence of B-29 raids. 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).

From left to right, Norm Taylor, Norman Cleaveland and Dick Johnston, members of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley's Reparations Mission party, at airport in Mukden, Manchuria, just before boarding a plane for Changchun and Harbin. 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).

Airplanes passing over the county courthouse in Bolivar, Missouri during ceremonies to dedicate a statue of Simon Bolivar. The ceremonies were attended by President Harry S. Truman and Venezuelan President Romulo Gallegos (not pictured).

Senator Harry S. Truman and members of the Truman Committee at the airport after visiting the Ford Motor Company. Names of the individuals are hand written below the photo: Left to right, Senator Joseph Ball; Hugh Fulton (counsel, partially obscured); Senator Prentiss M. Brown; Senator Harry S. Truman; Paul Brown (child); Senator Owen Brewster; Senator James Mead; Senator Mon Wallgren; Senator Harold Burton; and Senator Harley Kilgore. Donor: Sam Rushay, who loaned us the original photograph to copy.

Group of men on plane. From front to back, left to right: Gordon Sessions; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Captain A.F. Story; R.E Hardwicke; Raymond Ickes; and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes.

President Harry S. Truman sees off Secretary of State George Marshall and two other delegates as they leave National Airport in Washington, D. C. for Brazil to attend the Rio de Janeiro Conference of Foreign Ministers. From left to right: Carlos Martins, Brazilian Ambassador to the U. S.; President Truman; Secretary Marshall; Senator Arthur Vandenberg; and Warren Austin, U. S. Representative to the United Nations.

President Harry S. Truman at National Airport in Washington, D. C., seeing off Secretary of State George Marshall and two delegates who are leaving to fly to Brazil to attend the Rio de Janeiro Conference of Foreign Ministers. From left to right: Carlos Martins, Brazilian Ambassador; President Truman; Secretary Marshall; Senator Arthur Vandenberg; and Warren Austin, U. S. Representative to the United Nations.

Group standing by plane in Paris. From left to right: Mr. Doughton; Elaine Owens; Stanley Richardson; unidentified man; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Sam Botsford; Ellen Downes; Malcolm Bedouger; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Mr. Crompton; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; R.E Hardwicke; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Gordon Sessions; W. Alton Jones; Ralph T. Zook; George A. Hill, Jr.; and Lieutenant Colonel William Bodius.