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Lourdes after World War I

Le Grand Viaduc le Funiculaire du Pic du Jer. Viaduct of a mountain railway at Lourdes, lying in the first Pyrenean foothills in southwestern France. Lourdes is the site of a Roman Catholic shrine. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Bridge in Bordeaux

Passerelle des Chemins de fer et des Pietons (bridge) in Bordeaux, France, after World War I. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Group of men viewing plaque

Group of men viewing plaque on the Harry S. Truman Bridge, Kansas City, Missouri, with Independence, Missouri mayor Roger Sermon second from right. Others unidentified. The plaque states: "For Harry S. Truman, who in the midst of the most devastating and extensive war of all time, became the 32nd President of the United States of America, this structure is named the President Harry S. Truman Bridge, and is dedicated to the service of this nation in war and peace by the railroads that built it. The Milwaukee Road, H.A. Scandrett, Trustee; Rock Island Lines, J.D.

Plaque on Harry S. Truman bridge

Plaque on Harry S. Truman Bridge, as follows: "For Harry S. Truman, who in the midst of the most devastating and extensive war of all time, became the 32nd President of the United States of America, this structure is named the President Harry S. Truman Bridge, and is dedicated to the service of this nation in war and peace by the railroads that built it. The Milwaukee Road, H.A. Scandrett, Trustee; Rock Island Lines, J.D. Farrington, Chief Executive Officer Kansas City, MO - May 23, 1945" From: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.