Soldiers

Distance view of a parade held at Fort Benning, Georgia, with marching soldiers and flags.

Portrait of Harry Murphy used in conjunction with his oral history interview. Donor: Harry Murphy.

President Harry S. Truman's procession driving past units of the 2nd Armored Division, deployed on the autobahn leading from Potsdam to Berlin, Germany. President Truman is in the area to attend the Potsdam Conference. From the Album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

President Harry S. Truman reviews the 2nd Armored Division, deployed along the autobahn leading from Potsdam to Berlin, Germany. President Truman is in this area to attend the Potsdam Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1".

President Harry S. Truman (left) inspects members of the 137th Infantry Regiment, the honor guard at the airfield near Brussels, Belgium from which the President is preparing to fly to Berlin to attend the Potsdam Conference. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, album number 1."

At an airfield near Brussels, Belgium President Harry S. Truman, en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany, speaks to a member of the 137th Regiment of the 35th Division. The 35th Division was designated as honor guard because it was the President's outfit in World War I. The soldier speaking to the President is Staff Sergeant Ernie Atkin of Madisonvale, Tennessee. Same as photo 63-1455-6. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

President Harry S. Truman (left) inspects members of the 137th Infantry Regiment, the honor guard at the airfield near Brussels, Belgium before the President prepares to fly to Berlin to attend the Potsdam Conference. He is with Col. Murray and Lt. Shoptise in this photograph. From the album, "The President's Trip to Potsdam, Album #1."

Postcard studio portrait photo of Harry S. Truman wearing his uniform and helmet, taken in France during World War I. Noted on the reverse of the postcard "Given to John A. Hatfield in France in 1918 - returned to Harry S. Truman in January, 1962." Donor: John A. Hatfield.

Photo of members of Harry Truman's Missouri Regiment, the 381st Field Artillery, 102nd Division, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, in the field. (See also 77-5 and 81-156.) There is an original negative with the picture, approximately 4" x 7".

In the War Crimes Trials of Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany, before the International Military Tribunal, the prosecution charges the defendants with conspiring to destroy the independence of other nations. Hermann Goering, seated in the extreme left of the defendants' box with his chin in his hand, listens as does Joachim von Ribbentrop, third from the left, who was active in framing Nazi pre-war policy.