Islands

The Civil Aeronautics Administration Air Terminal at Wake Island where President Harry S. Truman met with General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. (Same as 98-1171 in Album - Oct. 11-18, 1950) From: The Album - A Memento of the Visit of the President of the United States - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October to 16, October, 1950

Green Beach, Wolmi Do Island, "We landed here at 1230 hours" during Korean War.

Aerial view from high above Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii showing the entire island from shore to shore. 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.

Aerial view of Lincoln Memorial and Roosevelt Island. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

The entrance to a cave used in war time as a photo lab for press attending the historic meeting between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur on Wake Island. From: Earl and B.J. Greathouse

An unidentified officer stands in the doorway of the building (the home of the Pan American Airways station manager on Wake Island) selected for the historic face-to-face meeting between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur to discuss Korea and world peace. From: Earl & B.J. Greathouse, 4308 Piikea Place, Honolulu, HI 96818

The building, the home of the Pan American Airways station manager on Wake Island, was the scene of the historic conference between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. (See also 64-366.) From: Earl & B.J. Greathouse

Photo showing President Harry S. Truman (left) pointing, as Governor William Hastie (center, an African American) and General Harry Vaughan look on. In the background is Magens Bay, Virgin Islands. This is a similar photo to 77-1934, but better quality.

Aerial photo of an unidentified island in the Hawaiian chain taken at the time former President Harry S. Truman arrived on the islands to spend a month's vacation with his family on Coconut Island as guests of Edwin Pauley.

A causeway being built between two of the islands in the Eniwetok Atoll as part of the preparation for the experimental tests of the atom bomb.