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Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman with other spectators during the commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Bess Wallace Truman (right) and Margaret Truman (fourth from right) with other spectators at the commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

The Truman family (Harry, Bess, and Margaret) greet Marines after a boat trip to the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

The Truman family (Harry, Bess, and Margaret) greet Marines after a boat trip to the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Bess Truman is shaking hands with an unidentified officer. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Former President Harry S. Truman watches as Bess Truman is helped aboard a boat to go to the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Former President Harry S. Truman watches as Bess Wallace Truman is helped aboard the boat by an unidentified Marine to go to the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

President Truman, Bess Truman, Mrs. Gabriel Gonzales Videla, and Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile

President and Mrs. Truman attended the reception and ball last night given by the President of Chile. Shown just before the formation of the receiving line are (left to right): President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, Senora Gonzalez Videla, and President Gonzalez Videla. From: Beth Gore.