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Truman and Dutra in an automobile in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (back seat, right) smile at the crowd from the back seat of an automobile as they parade down the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Truman and others view Armed Forces Day parade

President Harry S. Truman and others view the annual Armed Forces Day parade from the Presidential Reviewing Stand on the Ellipse. Viewers (left to right - front row) are: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Navy Aide to the President; Brigadier General Morris J. Lee, Commander of Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., and officer-in-charge of Washington, D.C. area celebrations of the event; President Truman; Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, and Major General Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Arthur Marasco.