Korean War, 1950-1953

President Harry S. Truman (near center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with an unidentified armed forces officers and says goodbye to unidentified men before leaving Wake Island. President Truman traveled to Wake Island to confer with General Douglas MacArthur. Also present is Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman (just behind and to the left of the President); Press Secretary Charles Ross (visible behind and to the right of Harriman); and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (second man behind Ross). All others are unidentified.

An unidentified armed forces officer (possibly General Omar Bradley) shakes hands with General Douglas MacArthur (second from right) during President Harry S. Truman's trip to Wake Island to converse with General MacArthur about the Korean War. Also present is General Robert Landry (left). All others are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace inspects a color guard from the United States Army 47th Division during his visit to Camp Rucker, Alabama. From left to right: Major General Crump Garvin, First Lieutenant Harry Lee, Secretary Pace, and Corporal Ralph H. Kershner, a Korean War veteran. Others in the background are unidentified.

John R. Steelman (left), producer of the television show "Battle Report - Washington" speaks with Robert McCormick (center), NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events, while Dean Rusk (right), Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs looks on.

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" are gathered around John Steelman, Assistant to President Harry S. Truman, seated at the desk. Standin, from left to right are: Major General Thomas White, Major General Lawrence C. Jaynes, Dean Rusk, W. Averell Harriman, and John C. Green. Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events leans on the desk.

The National Security Resources Board is meeting in the Conference Room of the White House. Seated left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Presidential Advisor Averell Harriman.

Participants in the television program "Battle Report - Washington" pose for a photograph. Standing, from left to right: Colonel William Bertram, United States Air Force; Captain Gernard Dean, United States Army; unidentified man; Major Carl Sitter, United States Marine Corps; David Brinkley, NBC newscaster and Major Reginald Myers, United States Marine Corps. John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration is seated.

Participants in the "Battle Report - Washington" program pose for a photograph on the set of the show. Standing, from left to right: Marine Colonel Homer Litzenberd; Lieutenant Commander Estelle [last name illegible]; Robert McCormick, NBC's Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events; George J. Schoeneman, Internal Revenue Service; Henry J. Byroade, Director German Affairs, Department of State, and Colonel Stephen Y. McGiffert. John R. Steelman, the producer of the show for the Truman Administration, is seated.

Participants in the program "Battle Report - Washington" pose for a photograph. Standing, from left to right: Ted Ayers; Rommy G. Vildzius; Kenneth Wells; Willard Caldwell; John W. Gibson; David Brinkley; Ludumilla Nemec; Major General Roy H. Parker and Rommy G. Vildzius. John R. Steelman, producer of the show for the Truman Administration, is seated.

Ted Ayers (standing, left) talks with participants in one of "Battle Report - Washington" programs. Seated from left to right are: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; Admiral W. F. Halsey; Edwin T. Gibson, Defense Production; Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization. Standing from left to right are: Robert McCormick, NBC Washington Manager of TV News and Special Events and John R. Steelman.