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A lone B-45 bomber losing part of its load of 30 five-inch High Velocity Aerial Rockets. President Truman witnessed the demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

President Harry S. Truman, Major General William E. Kepner, and party witness the aerial firepower demonstration from spectator stands at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The Album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Honorable Stephen Early and General Omar Bradley are escorted by APG Deputy Commander M. C. Woodbury upon arrival at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Beaming happily, left to right in car: President Harry S. Truman, General W. E. Kepner and Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, are driven off to their billets. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Left to Right: W. Stuart Symington, General Hoyt Vandenberg, and Major General W. E. Kepner, APG Commander at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This was taken during a visit of President Truman to the base. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Mr. Truman is greeted by APG Commanding General Major General W. E. Kepner and Hon. W. Stuart Symington during his visit to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

President Truman waves to an assembled crowd here at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, shortly after his big "Independence" rolls to a halt. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

Overall view of arrival of cabinet members and party at Eglin for Joint Orientation Conference. President Truman also attended the event. From: The album, The U. S. Air Force presents Aerial Firepower Demonstration.

President Harry S. Truman in an open car with unidentified U.S. Marine Corps officers and civilians at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos of President Truman during his trip to the Marine Corps School at Quantico. Gift from Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Training Schools.

President Truman reviewing the troops at the U.S. Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virginia. From a leather bound album of 55 8 x 10 photos of President Truman taken during his trip to the Marine Corps School at Quantico. Gift from Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Major General, U. S. Marine Corps, Commandant, Marine Corps Schools.