Korean War, 1950-1953

One of the buildings on Wake Island, where President Harry S. Truman and his advisers met with General Douglas MacArthur regarding the conduct of the Korean War.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) is greeted up his arrival in Honolulu, Hawaii. He stopped briefly in Hawaii en route to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur regarding the Korean War. Also present are Admiral Arthur Radford (center) and Governor Ingram Stainback (foreground, right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with General Douglas MacArthur at their conference at Wake Island on Communist aggression in the far east.

Military leaders are standing near the building where the Wake Island Conference took place between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur regarding Communist aggression in the Far East. Standing from left to right: Vice Admiral Arthur W. Radford, General Douglas MacArthur, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and General Omar Bradley.

The building, the home of the Pan American Airways station manager on Wake Island, served as the location for the conference between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur regarding Communist aggression in the Far East. All the people in the photo are unidentified.

This is the hut on Wake Island where President Harry S. Truman and his military advisors met with General Douglas MacArthur regarding the conduct of the Korean War.

Photograph of Wake Island, where President Harry S. Truman met with General Douglas MacArthur and others regarding the conduct of the Korean War.

From left to right, General Otto Weyland, General Nathan Twining, Under Secretary of the Air Force R. L. Gilpatric, and Colonel Edwin Chickering stand and pose for a photo in front of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing sign at Kimpo Airport, Seoul, Korea.

General Nathan Twining (on stairs) and Under Secretary of the Air Force R.L. Gilpatric (at top of stairs near door) arrive in Pusan, Korea, the headquarters of the United States Air Force 17th Bomb Wing.

Alternate bomb loads for the B-26, stationed in Pusan, Korea, headquarters for the United States Air Force 17th Bomb Wing.