Soldiers

Ceremony at statue of South American patriot Jose Francisco de San Martin in Washington, D. C. President Truman was not present at the ceremony. This photo shows the statue with soldiers and wreaths in front.

Ceremony at statue of South American patriot Jose Francisco de San Martin in Washington, D. C. President Truman was not at the ceremonies. This picture shows a general view of the ceremony with soldiers.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) addresses the crowd gathered for the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Also in attendance is Secretary of Defense Kenneth Royall (third row, seated next to woman in hat), and General Wallace Graham (back row). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) prepares to address the crowd gathered for the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Also in attendance is Secretary of Defense Kenneth Royall (third row, seated next to woman in hat), General Wallace Graham, and Captain Robert Dennison (seated, back row, left to right). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at the podium) speaks during the Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Also in attendance is Secretary of Defense Kenneth Royall (third row, seated next to woman in hat). Seated in the back row are (left to right) Colonel Robert Landy, General Wallace Graham, and Captain Robert Dennison. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Others in this photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, in civilian suit) attends Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. This photo shows President Truman walking to the tomb. Others in photo are unidentified.

A general distance view of the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Soviet soldiers in process of removing industrial equipment from Manchurian factories. Picture copied from a set furnished by Chinese authorities, during the U.S. Reparations Mission. (Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Soviet soldiers in process of removing industrial equipment from Manchurian factories. Picture copied from a set furnished by Chinese authorities in Manchuria, during the U.S. Reparations Mission. (Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).