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Former President Harry S. Truman (center, in dark suit and glasses) is welcomed by a group of dignitaries after disembarking from a plane at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa airport to attend the Hoover Library dedication. At the former President's left is Colonel Robert Adams. Although each individual cannot be matched to a name, others in the photo are William B. Anderson, President of the Hoover Foundation; Mayor Robert Johnson; Reginald Figge; Senator Jack Miller and Tom Gavin. (Same as 63-998-3 except larger)

President Harry S. Truman stoops and peers into one of the Battery of 75mm guns which had saluted him on his arrival for the dedication of Idlewild International Airport, New York City. He is looking into a 75mm field gun mounted on a M2A3 high speed carriage. From: Bill Sitler, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

President Harry S. Truman stands on the speakers' platform during opening ceremonies at the dedication of the Idlewild Airport, New York City. On speakers platform, from left to right are: unidentified, General Omar Bradley, press secretary Charles Ross, General Robert Landry, President Truman, New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer, Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York, unidentified, unidentified, and Governor of New York and Republican candidate for President Thomas E. Dewey. The others are unidentified.

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