Presidential trips

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party wave good-bye before boarding his airplane, the Independence, to fly to Brazil. From left to right: Mrs. Carlos Martins, Margaret Truman, President Truman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, and Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Carlos Martins.

View of the "Independence," the presidential airplane. President Harry S. Truman and his party (distance view) are below, waiting to leave on their trip to Brazil.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins as they prepare to board the presidential airplane for a flight to Brazil. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and his party prepare to board the presidential airplane, the Independence, to fly to Brazil. L to R: Mrs. Carlos Martins, Margaret Truman, President Truman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins.

President Harry S. Truman and his party board the presidential airplane to fly to Brazil. From left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, President Truman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins (partially obscured), Margaret Truman (back to camera), Mrs. Carlos Martins.

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a black arm band, posed for a group photo with seven other dignitaries. They are attending the 35th Division reunion in Kansas City. Left to right are: Unidentified, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, General Ralph Truman, unidentified, President Truman, Dr. Wallace H. Graham, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman and an unidentified man stand next to a wreath which President Truman placed at the base of the monument to the "Heroes of Chapultepec" in memory of "Ninos Heroes," commemorating a dramatic incident in the Mexican-American war. (See also 69-361, 66-3165, 2002-208, 2002-209, and 2002-210.) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) standing on the rear platform of a special Baltimore & Ohio train, evidently en route to Fulton, Missouri for Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech, with the President's Military Aide, General Harry Vaughan, seated nearby.

President Harry S. Truman (right) waving his hat standing to the right of Winston Churchill flashing his famous "V for Victory" sign from the rear platform of a special Baltimore & Ohio train, evidently en route to Fulton, Missouri for Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, as the President's Military Aide, General Harry Vaughan, looks on.

Gib Crockett cartoon "The President Goes into Training for his Non-Political Western Trip." The cartoon shows President Truman on a soapbox with advisors around him (Charles Ross, Clark Clifford and Harry Vaughan) telling him "watch your gestures" and "don't look at your notes."