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Former President Truman and Col. John W. Richardson at a Reserve Officers Association banquet

Former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table and chats with Colonel John W. Richardson (left), Air Force Reserve (Michigan), National President of the Reserve Officers Association, at an ROA awards banquet. The location is unknown. From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman, Lt. Col. Robert Adams, and Dewey Short at a Reserve Officers Association Banquet

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) chats with Dewey Short (right), Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Reserves, while Lt. Col. Robert E. Adams (center) looks on. All are attending a Reserve Officers Association awards banquet at an unknown location. From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Lt. Col. Harvey and Dewey Short at a Reserve Officers Association dinner

Former President Harry S. Truman in a three-way handshake with Lt. Col. Raymond Harvey (center), winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and Dewey Short (right), Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Reserves. All are attending a Reserve Officers Association awards banquet. The location is unknown. From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman with Lt. Col. Harvey and Dewey Short at a Reserve Officers Association dinner

Former President Harry S. Truman in a three-way handshake with Lt. Col. Raymond Harvey (center), winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and Dewey Short (right), Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Reserves. All are attending a Reserve Officers Association awards banquet. The location is unknown. From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman with Lt. Col. Harvey and Dewey Short at a Reserve Officers Association dinner

Former President Harry S. Truman in a three-way handshake with Lt. Col. Raymond Harvey (center), Congressional Medal of Honor winner, and Dewey Short (right) Assistant Secretary of the Army for the Reserves. All are attending a Reserve Officers Association awards banquet. The location is unknown. From: Robert E. Adams, Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman at a banquet at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri

View of Table 2 and the head table at a banquet held at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri. Former President Harry S. Truman is sitting at the center of the head table, and fourth from his right is Col. L. Curtis Tiernan, Chaplain to the U.S. forces in Europe during World War II. The others are unidentified, and the event and date are unknown. (See also oversize photo 2007-212.) From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.

Former President Harry S. Truman cuts a cake at a banquet at Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Missouri

At a banquet at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City, Missouri, a smiling former President Harry S. Truman is shown holding a knife preparatory to cutting a cake in hand. The cake reads: It's a Happy Day, Mr. President. (See 2007-210 for a photo of the banquet.) The event is unknown. From: Found in a box of miscellaneous photographs in the audiovisual area.

Testimonial Dinner for Attorney General McGrath

Testimonial dinner in honor of Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, given by Col. Francis Vigo Post #1093, American Legion, at the Hotel Commodore. Lower dias, left to right: District Attorney Frank S. Hogan; U.S. District Court Judge Irving R. Kaufman; U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Noonan; Judge Vincent A. Lupiano of the Municipal Court; Judge Edward J. McCullen of the City Court; Judge Edward M. Curran of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Executive assistant to the Attorney General Grace M. Stewart; Judge Edward A. Tamm of the U.S.