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Greek insurgents during Greek civil war, ca. 1947. President Harry S. Truman's Truman Doctrine speech (March 12, 1947) was in support of the Greek government against the Communist insurrection. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 306NT-1095-30.

Greek insurrectionist, holding a rifle. Greece was fighting Communist sympathizers at this time. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 306-NT-1095-29.

Chinese Communist Army entering Peking, China.

Lovely original portrait of Harry S. Truman in the uniform of the Missouri National Guard, standing.

President Harry S. Truman on his trip to the West Coast participates in a parade and inspects troops in Los Angeles. This is view from the back.

President Harry S. Truman reviews troops in Los Angeles. He is on his Western Trip.

President Harry S. Truman inspects troops in Los Angeles, California, during his western trip.

Beatrice (Mrs. George S.) Patton (left) and George S. Patton IV (right) leave the Cathedral after Memorial Services for General George S. Patton. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

A delegation of four amputees (all unidentified) representing those at Thomas M. England Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey visit with Major General Harry Vaughan (seated, center), President Harry S. Truman's Military Aide. They are visiting with General Vaughan at the White House to protest the closing of the Army's largest amputation center. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.