Soldiers

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) congratulates Specialist 6 Sergeant Randall A. Carper (right) on his promotion.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right)congratulates Specialist 4 Albert J. Vargo, Civil Affairs Section VII Corps, upon receiving the Army Commendation Medal.

Captain Calvin R. Claypoole (center), Commanding Officer Lima-Troop, points out a section of the Czechoslovakian border to Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) during is visit to the Weiden, Germany border camp. Colonel Carlton Preer Jr., Commanding Officer 2nd A/C (right) looks on.

Captain Calvin R. Claypoole (right), Commanding Officer Lima Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd A/C, briefs Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left), Commanding General VII Corps, during the General's visit to the 2nd A/C border camp at Weiden, Germany.

Sergeant Charles N. Angel, Jr., Second Armed Cavalry, explains a display at Weiden, Germany, to Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman. Captain Calvin R. Claypoole, Commander Lima-Troop and Colonel Carlton Preer, Jr., Commanding Officer 2nd A/C look on. Others in the background are unidentified.

Sergeant Richard N. Fossum, (right, front) Assistant Scout Section Leader Lima-Troop, explains a map problem to Captain Calvin R. Claypoole (left, front) while Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (background, right) looks on. Other soldiers are unidentified. Lieutenant General Truman was visiting the Weiden, Germany border camp.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) talks with Brigadier General Johann Haertel, Commanding General 11th Panzer, II German Corps (center) during General Truman's visit to the Hohenfels German Training Area 18. Grenadier Norbert Bartzok (left), German Army looks on.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman in (center right, in background with unidentified attendant) reviews the troops and equipment of the 7th Army Corps during the Assumption of Command ceremony in Stutt-Moehringen, German. Included among the troops he is reviewing are African-American soldiers. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (center, right) reviews the troops during the Assumption of Command Ceremony accompanied by an unidentified soldier. General Truman assumed command of the United States 7th Army Corps in Stutt-Moehringen, Germany. All other soldiers in the photo are unidentified.

Firing of weapons during the Assumption of Command ceremony in which Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman assumed command of the United States 7th Army Corps. All soldiers and armed forces officers are unidentified.