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Soviet General With Boy Cadets

Interior view of an unidentified Soviet General shown inspecting a group of boy cadets who are standing below a portrait of Joseph Stalin. Two identifications with photograph. (1) "Military training begins young behind the Curtain. Here a Soviet General smiles benignly on 10 year old military cadets." (2) "A Soviet officer inspects a group of military cadets. These boys attend one of the many military and naval schools in the Soviet Union accepting boys from 10 to 17 years of age. Their training is supervised by Soviet Army and Navy officers."

Charles W. Thayer With Other Uniformed Officials in Yugoslavia

Exterior view showing diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer standing third from the left in U.S. Army uniform and saluting. He is in line with ten other men, most in uniform and some believed to be Russian. Penciled on the back of the photograph is the following left to right: Gen'l [Nikolai Vasilievich] Korneev, Brig. [Fitzroy] MacLean, C.W.T. [Charles W. Thayer], Marshall Tito ? (center, back showing, and shaking hands). Location probably Yugoslavia, World War II era. Thayer served as Chief of U.S. Military Mission to Yugoslavia, 1944-45 and attained the rank of Lt. Col. in the Army.

Army-Navy Football Game

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: General Wallace Graham, unidentified woman, Averell Harriman, two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing directly behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. Seated in the second row, visible between President and Mrs.

Army-Navy Football Game

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: Averell Harriman (partly obscured), two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.