Korean War, 1950-1953

The airfield in Wake Island, where President Harry S. Truman traveled to confer with General Douglas MacArthur. All individuals are unidentified.

The presidential car carrying President Harry S. Truman (backseat, left) and General Douglas MacArthur (backseat, right) during Truman's trip to Wake Island. All other individuals are unidentified.

General Omar Bradley (right) with General Douglas MacArthur (left) at the airport at Wake Island. All other individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with General Douglas MacArthur (left) in the back of an automobile at Wake Island.

President Harry S. Truman upon his return to Washington, D.C., from his trip to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson (behind Truman, mostly obscured), Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (third from right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (mostly obscured by Snyder), and General Omar Bradley (right). All others are unidentified.

View of artillery piece on Wake Island. President Harry S. Truman traveled to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur.

President Harry S. Truman upon his return to Washington, D.C., from his trip to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: unidentified, Secretary of Defense George Marshall (shaking hands with Truman), President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder.

General Douglas MacArthur boarding a plane in Wake Island after his visit with President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech and presenting a Distinguished Service Medal to General Douglas MacArthur. In the foreground, from left to right, facing the camera: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Robert Landry, Admiral Arthur Radford (partly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley, General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, David Bell, General Wallace, Graham, and Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

President Harry S. Truman upon his return to Washington, D.C. from his trip to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur. From left to right: Secretary of Defense George Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. All others are unidentified.