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The Mayor of Tacloban, Philippines, (standing) addresses the people during celebration to commemorate the first anniversary of the landing of American troops at Leyte, Philippines, on October 20, 1944. All others are unidentified.

Facing camera, left to right: Charles Hansen; Barnard Houtchens, President, Greeley Chamber of Commerce; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Price Hopkins, Mayor of Greeley, at a dedication banquet for the Colorado Big Thompson in Greeley, Colorado. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) going into the New York City Hall with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (right) during the celebration of Navy Day. George Drescher, Chief of the White House Secret Service, to the left. Major General Harry Vaughan is the third person behind La Guardia on the stairs. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: Mayor of Philadelphia Bernard Samuel; James H. Duff, Governor of Pennsylvania; President Harry S. Truman; unidentified; and Pennsylvania Senator Francis J. Myers on the platform of President Truman's train during his trip to Philadelphia for the Army-Navy football game. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right) and Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska Victor E. Anderson at the inland Governor's Convention in Omaha, Nebraska. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right, Olympia, Washington Mayor Amanda B. Smith, Washington Governor Albert D. Rosellini and Major General Louis W. Truman study an artist's rendering of the floating display to be built by Army engineers. The display, which was to float on Capitol Lake contained 2,500 colored lights and more than 400 Christmas trees. A 16-foot Star of Bethlehem was to top the 30-foot center tree with a life like nativity scene in the foreground.

Major General Louis W. Truman (left), 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis Commander, stands with Olympia, Washington Mayor Mrs. Amanda Smith (center) and Governor Albert Rosellini (right) during the singing of the song "Christmas Island."

Tacoma, Washington Mayor Ben Hanson (left) and Hewitt Lounsbury, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, raise a flag at the dedication ceremony for the County-City Building in Tacoma.

Major General Louis W. Truman (fourth from left) stands with (from left to right) Matt Clark, Mayor F. Clark Lewis, Ray Clark, and Truman Myklebust in front of the helicopter which landed on a lot near the Longview Post Office to deliver Major General Truman to a lunch meeting of the Longview Kiwanis Club.

Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. W. J. Boehmer (left)and Tacoma, Washington Mayor Ben Hanson (center) stand in the food line at the Association of the United States Army Dinner at Fort Lewis. All other individuals are unidentified.