Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy (partly obscured by King). Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (partly obscured by Attlee). Others are unidentified.

President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile (left foreground) standing at attention at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Others are unidentified.

President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile (right) placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, as a Chilean Army officer looks on.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Photo of President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He is in this country for conferences. From: Beth Gore.

General Charles DeGaulle, Provisional President of France, placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was the first ceremony at the Tomb since peace was declared. From: Beth Gore.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The tomb erected in 1931, holds the body of an unidentified soldier who gave his life in World War I. It is cut from a single rectangular block of marble, 16 feet in length, 9 feet in width, and 11 feet in height. On the rear panel is inscribed "Here rests in honored glory an American Soldier known but to God."

Parade Rest for the honor guards of the 3rd "Old Guard" Infantry Regiment (Fort Myer, Virginia, and Fort McNair, D.C.) as they await the start of a traditional wreath-laying ceremony on the plaza of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. At the left-hand corner is The United States Army Band. From: Arthur Marasco.