Armed forces reserves

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (center) presents colors to the reactivated Marine Reserve Rifle Company at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Others unidentified.

Photograph of Harry S. Truman in Army Reserve uniform. From: W. M. Fricke.

Photograph of those present at the summer Reserve encampment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Major Harry S. Truman (379th Field Artillery) is third from the right in the last row. A menu/program for the annual dinner of the 102nd Division held on July 27, 1923, lists the guests present (including Truman) by unit and is in the Museum Collection (No. 79-22-1). From: Colonel P. A. Fredericksen, American Legion Post #285, Hamilton, Mo. 64644.

Lieutenant Colonel Harry S. Truman (left) at Army Reserve Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. He is chatting with Captain Hurd and leaning against military equipment. In the upper right corner of the photo, in Truman's handwriting is "Ft. Riley, Kans. 7-5 to 19-26." From: Truman home.

Col. John W. Snyder (far left) and his Arkansas Reserve Officer Regiment photographed at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1930. Lt. Rufus Burrus, back row, second from right. Others are not identified.

President Harry S. Truman stands at the base of an airplane off-ramp with Brig. General R. Dinwiddie Groves (left) and three unidentified Air Force personnel. From: Reserve Officers Association, U.S. Army.

President Harry S. Truman (dark suit), next to Brig. General R. Dinwiddie Groves, poses for a photo opportunity among a group of unidentified Army officers standing at attention and saluting, at the Organized Reserve Corps Armory, 1600 Central, Kansas City, Missouri, where he will dedicate the new building. (See also 77-1715 and 1716.) From: Reserve Officers Association, U.S. Army.

Taking time out from a Reserve Officers Association awards dinner, former President Harry S. Truman poses with Lt. Colonel Robert E. Adams (at left) and Colonel Rufus Burrus (at right) in front of a wall of flags. The location of the banquet is unknown. (Original in oversize drawer.) From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Taking time out from a Reserve Officers Association awards dinner, former President Harry S. Truman and Lt. Colonel Robert E. Adams pose for a photo in front of a wall of flags. The location is unknown. (Original in the oversize drawer.) From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

At a dinner given by the Naval Fleet Reserve Association Branch 161, held at the Town House Hotel, Kansas City, Kansas, former President Harry S. Truman addresses the group and receives a plaque from Mike Velky, a Naval Reserve Officer. (See also 94-252 thru 94-255.) From: Naval Reserve.