Soldiers

Close view of West Point cadets as they pass in President Harry S. Truman's inaugural parade. All unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (middle) and President Carlos Prio Socarras (right of Truman) of Cuba review troops in ceremony upon the arrival of President Prio Socarras at National Airport in Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified.

Station scene with soldiers at Pyongyang, North Korea. Photograph taken 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Members of the armed forces, some in swimming trunks, line up at a table outside a shelter house at Millstone Farm near Burke, Virginia, where a buffet lunch is being served. The party, including swimming, is one in a series of parties sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., held on Sunday afternoons as part of "Operation Homefront." From: Truman Home. From scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Members of the armed services line up at a table outdoors for a buffet lunch given by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., one of a series of Sunday afternoon parties sponsored by the Club as part of "Operation Homefront." From: Truman Home. From scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Members of the armed services are shown seated in a bus on their way to a Sunday afternoon party sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club of Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The party, including a buffet supper, is one of a series of parties held on Sunday afternoons for enlisted men either at the Club or surrounding estates. The identities of the men are unknown. From: Truman Home. From a scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Service men from Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir have no objection to posing for a group photo with actress Shirley Temple at a party given for enlisted men on the Gore estate in Potomac, Maryland, as part of "Operation Homefront." The party, including a buffet supper, swimming and dancing, was sponsored by the American Newspaper Women's Club, Washington, D.C., one of a series of parties held on Sunday afternoons. The identities of the service men are unknown. From: Truman Home. This is from a scrapbook on Operation Homefront.

Members of the armed services and civilians, some standing and some sitting at card tables, pose for a photo at the American Newspaper Women's Club in Washington, D.C. The servicemen have been provided with a buffet lunch as part of "Operation Homefront" given by the Club every Sunday afternoon. The date and identities of the group are unknown. From: Truman Home.

Members of the armed services gather around a table to be served cake and beverage by volunteers at the American Newspaper Women's Club buffet held every Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C., as part of "Operation Homefront." The back of the photo reads: "The American Newspaper Womens Club feel that only the best in food, silver linen, etc. is good enough for the parties they give each Sun. afternoon for the enlisted men, who take advantage of the free tours to Washington." From: Truman Home.

Soviet tommy gunner and Japanese P.O.W. at a former aircraft plant now being converted to an automobile and truck repair plant in Pyongyang. Photograph taken 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).