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Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh at Anaconda Copper Mining Company

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh addresses Anaconda workers during a speech that was received with great applause. This photo shows only a small portion of the workers that attended and was made during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C., and Ft. Lewis, led by Lt. Col. Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, to an Anaconda Copper Mining Company plant, Butte, Montana on June 3 and 4, 1942.

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh at National Cash Register Company

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh (at podium) addresses the employees of the National Cash Register Company in their auditorium with visiting Army personnel in the background and the National Cash Register motto hanging on the "backdrop." This auditorium held approximately 3,000 people who were led in community singing. They showed great enthusiasm over the showing of the motion picture "The Arm Behind the Army." This photo was made during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C., and Patterson Field, led by Lt. Col. A.

President Truman and General Pick on a causeway at Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks with General Lewis A. Pick (right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of the Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman talks with General Pick on a causeway at the Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) talks with General Lewis A. Pick (third from right), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, on a causeway at the top of Fort Peck Dam, Montana, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. Anna Dostert can be seen in the background holding on to her hat. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

President Truman and General Pick inspect the Fort Peck Dam in Montana

President Harry S. Truman (center of photo) and General Lewis A. Pick (behind the President) inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. The others are unidentified. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman and General Lewis A. Pick inspect the Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army (foreground, right), inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam, during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the Upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman and General Pick inspect the Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and General Lewis A. Pick (left), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, inspect Fort Peck Dam, Montana, from a causeway at the top of the dam during a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman and General Pick in an automobile at Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman (left) and General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, (right) wait in the back seat of a car for an escort to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation of the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman in an automobile at Fort Peck Dam, Montana

President Harry S. Truman sits in the back seat of an open car as General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, prepares to close the door for a visit to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Truman leaves the podium at Fort Peck Dam, Montana, to visit the dam

President Harry S. Truman (base of stairs) and General Lewis A. Pick descend the stairs of the speakers' platform after the President addressed the crowd at Fort Peck Dam, Montana. In shadow, on the left, are Bess and Margaret Truman. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.