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Band of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division. Possibly at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by C. C. Blackwell.

Walking through a chow line in the enlisted men's mess, President Truman takes bountiful helpings of steak, fried potatoes, salad and chocolate pie during his visit to the Aberdeen Proving Ground to see some of the latest developments in ground weapons and vehicles, many still top secret. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, a daughter of Vivian Truman.

Seated in the back seat of an automobile, left to right, are President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Arthur Radford, and the Honorable Ingram M. Stainback, Governor of Hawaii. The President is in Hawaii at Hickam Air Force Base on a stopover on his way to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur.

A visiting party of unidentified officers and civilians eats a regular meal at Maxwell Field during a visit of AFL and CIO leaders to South East Air Corps Center as the guests of Robert P. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.

Lt. Colonel A. Robert Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, is shown standing before war posters, at Luke Field, Arizona. The date and event are unknown, but the photo was probably taken during an inspection tour of defense plants by Ginsburgh and enlisted men and officers from various armed service installations during 1941 and 1942.

Senator Harry S. Truman (right) visits Camp Crowder, Missouri and shakes hands with Colonel Sol P. Fink (left). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.

Officer's Club at Kailua Beach in Hawaii, where President Truman stopped to visit en route to Wake Island. President Truman is not in this photograph. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

President Truman arrives at Hickam Field in Hawaii, en route to Wake Island. He is descending from his airplane, the Independence. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album