Armed forces officers

President Harry S. Truman (at podium, left) stands with General Lewis A. Pick (on Truman's left), Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, and Montana Governor John W. Bonner (on Pick's left) at the podium prior to addressing the crowd at Fort Peck Dam, Montana. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. Bess Truman stands to the left of the podium and daughter Margaret to the right. The others are unidentified. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center), attending a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., speaks with Charles Patrick Clark (left) and General Harry Vaughan (right). Mr. Clark was Associate Chief Counsel for the Truman Committee when Truman was a Senator in 1943. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left, next to officer in white uniform, party obscured) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (third from left) prepare to enter an automobile for a parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left, behind Truman) are escorted from the Galeao Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Brazilian officers. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (center) is escorted from the Galeao Airport on Governor's Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with an unidentified Brazilian officer who greeted him upon his arrival on the Independence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Others in the photo are also unidentified. The President is to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Disembarking from a plane are (left to right) Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Warren Austin, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and George Marshall, Secretary of State, who flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the presidential plane the "Sacred Cow" to attend the Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Shaking hands with Senator Vandenburg is United States Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley, and Lt. Col. Austin is on his Pawley's left, shaking Warren Austin's hand. Please credit: "Maj.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left), standing on the rear platform of a train, shakes hands with an unseen admirer in Buffalo, New York. Standing next to him is Major General Harry H. Vaughan. The event is unknown. From: Fred Eckhart.

This closeup photograph shows a small section of General Motors workers paying intense interest to Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh at the podium throughout the ceremonies, although light showers occurred during the afternoon. To the left is a military band. 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. Robert Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, to a General Motors Company Plant #2 in May 18,1942.

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh, at the podium, addresses the General Electric workers at G. E. Plant #2. This photo was taken from just a few rows in front of the speaker's stand during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men led by Lt. Col. Ginsburgh, Under Secretary of War, on May 18, 1942.