Presidential trips

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."

Monument of the flag raising on Iwo Jima on the grounds of the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Maneuvers at the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Maneuvers at the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Maneuvers at the U.S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Maneuvers at the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's trip to Quantico, VA.

Maneuvers at the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's visit to Quantico, VA.

Women Marines on parade at the U. S. Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia. From an album of photos of President Truman's trip to Quantico, VA.

President Harry S. Truman (on steps) waves to the crowd from the door of his airplane the "Sacred Cow" at Washington's National Airport before departing on a Christmas trip home to Independence, Missouri.