Birthdays

(L-R) Unidentified Guest, Margaret S. (Mrs. Louis) Truman, Brigadier General Patrick Cassidy, Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman and three unidentified guests dine during the dinner and dance party held to honor General Truman's birthday. The event was held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) studies the wording on his birthday cake as he prepares to cut it while an unidentified onlooker is posed to take a piece. The cake was presented to General Truman as part of the celebrations in honor of his birthday held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Mrs. Margaret Truman, wife of Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman, is escorted to dinner by Brigadier General Patrick Cassidy. The dinner was held as part of the formal dance given to honor General Truman's birthday and was held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stutt-Moehringen, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) visits with an unidentified guest during an early morning coffee held to honor his birthday. The event took place outside the general's home in Roosevelt Village, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman studies a gift he received at the dinner-dance party held to honor his birthday. The unidentified presenter watches the General's reaction. The event was held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (standing, left) reads a birthday greeting he received at the formal dinner-dance party held to honor his birthday while an unidentified woman looks on. The event was held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right, back to camera) visits with unidentified guests at an early morning coffee held to celebrate the General's birthday. The coffee was held outside his home Roosevelt Village, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (center, left) is presented with a gift by an unidentified officer, during the dinner-dance party held to honor his birthday. The event was held at the Officer's Club, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) and his wife Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman (right) visit with an unidentified guest during the formal dance party held the honor of General Truman's birthday. The event was held at the Officer's Club at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. Others in the background are unidentified.

The officers of the VII Corps honored Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman with a formal birthday dance. General Truman and his wife, Mrs. Margaret Stevenson Truman are seen here as they enter the dance. The affair was held at the Kelley Barrack's Officer's Club, Stuttgart, Germany.