Airports

President Harry S. Truman with crowd of dignitaries at National Airport in Washington, D.C., awaiting the arrival of President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba. President Truman is the man standing in front of the two Naval officers, wearing a hat. Cuban Ambassador to the United States Guillermo Belt is standing in front of President Truman. The two Naval officers standing behind Truman are Admiral William Leahy (left) and Captain Robert Dennison. General Harry Vaughan is also in attendance (fourth from left in main group of people). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) greets President Carlos Prio Socarras of Cuba (second from right) at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. Standing at the microphone is Carlos Lechuga Hevia. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (middle) and President Carlos Prio Socarras (right of Truman) of Cuba review troops in ceremony upon the arrival of President Prio Socarras at National Airport in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

Badly faded snapshot of President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Mrs. Ralph E. Truman (Olive), wife of the President's cousin, at an airport in Springfield, Missouri, where he will attend a 35th Division reunion. From: Mrs. Ralph E. Truman

President Truman escorts Her Majesty Queen Juliana of the Netherlands from a KLM plane after she arrived at National Airport for a state visit from April 2 to April 21, 1952. To the right, behind President Truman, is His Royal Highness, Prince Bernhard. (Similar to 67-7735. See album 66-8042.) This is a 14" x 16" oversize photo mounted on heavy card stock. From: Office of President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Princess Elizabeth of England after being introduced by John F. Simmons (center), Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State. Princess Elizabeth had just arrived at the National Airport in Washington, D.C., for a three-day visit to the United States. (See also album 72-691 through 72-726.) This is a 14" x 16" oversize photo mounted on heavy card stock. From: Former President Truman's office at the Harry S. Truman Library.

Airplane at Templehof Airdrome in Berlin, Germany. 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).

Templehof Airdrome in Berlin, Germany. 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).

H.D. Maxwell and General Willoughby, Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission to Tokyo, Japan. H.D. Maxwell ("Max"), Chief of Staff, is pictured at left. 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.)

Calcutta, India, Dum Dum Airport. Ambassador Edwin Pauley (second from right) stands with U.S Reparations Mission Staff. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).