Airports

President Harry S. Truman's plane, The Independence (top right), taxis down a runway after landing at Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone. The plane is on the way back to Washington, D.C., after transporting Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla back to Chile. From: Wilfred M. Husted.

President Harry S. Truman's plane, The Independence, is shown landing at Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone. The airplane is on the way back to Washington, D.C., after transporting Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla back to Chile. From: Wilfred M. Husted.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense General George C. Marshall, and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport, as General Eisenhower departs for a survey of the Atlantic Pact Forces in Europe which he will command. From: Arthur Marasco.

General Douglas MacArthur is pictured at Washington National Airport's MATS Terminal after debarking with his family from the airplane "BATAAN." Waving (left to right) are the General, his wife Jean, and 13-year-old son Arthur. The others in the photo are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.

Princess Elizabeth of England and her Prince Consort, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrive at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport. From left to right are: U.S. State Department Protocol Chief John F. Simmons, President Harry S. Truman, Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See 86-141.) From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

Standing before microphones, President Harry S. Truman (right) has off-the-cuff words of welcome for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) after he alighted from "The Independence" at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport, on an official visit. See also 67-7575 thru 7578. From: Arthur Marasco, 667 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240

Princess Elizabeth of England (left) and President Harry S. Truman speak to the crowd who gathered at Washington National Airport's MATS Terminal to see Elizabeth set foot for the first time on American soil. President Truman, standing with her on the rostrum, had earlier given her and her prince consort a greeting to America. See also 72-694. From: Arthur Marasco.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Romulo Gallegos (left), President of Venezuela, ride in the back of a car at an airport on July 1, 1948. All others in photograph are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center-right) and Romulo Gallegos (center-left), President of Venezuela, prepare to speak at an airport on July 1, 1948. All others in photograph are unidentified.

Attorney General Tom Clark (fourth from left); Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from right); Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (second from right) and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal (right) outside an airport, July 1, 1948. All others in photograph are unidentified.