Soldiers

A 155 MM Howitzer crew keeps up a steady barrage to slow the enemy advance during the Korean War.

260th AAA Gun Battalion, National Guard, in inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

United States Air Force Officers and Air Force Band during the 1949 inaugural parade. Donor: General Harry Vaughan for Major General Akins.

Russian soldiers sit on the steps of a memorial to the Kaiser and on his statue in Berlin, Germany, after the end of World War II. Some destruction from Allied bombing can be seen at the left of the memorial. Donor: Barney Ricketts.

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Clyde Kimbrough, standing in a receiving line, who is holding a display of campaign buttons to be presented to Mr. Truman at ceremonies during his visit to Fort Lewis, Washington. Mrs. Kimbrough is standing next to her husband; the others are unidentified. Mr. Kimbrough is the principal civilian Post Engineer at the Fort. From: Major General Louis W. Truman.

A armed Russian soldier leans against a pillar and watches citizens walking on a street in Berlin, Germany, In the background are buildings damaged by bombing in World War II. Donor: Barney Ricketts.

Captain John Thacher examining Bache Wire in Bois de Grande Cognan, North of Maranville in France, after World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

Unidentified soldier in uncompleted tank mine field prepared by Bache, near Hermeville in France after World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

Captain N. T. Paterson, Captain Roger Sermon - P. C. 129th Field Artillery, in Moscow after World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

Private First Class Merrill E. Bagley, Waterboro, Maine, of "C" Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, electro-welds main supports on this temporary rail bridge being constructed across the Han River, Korea.