Veterans

Shown are a group of Battery D members during a breakfast on January 20, 1949 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C. M. R. Evans is shown second from left.

Photo shows Battery D marching beside automobile in which President Harry S. Truman is riding.

Battery D, 35th Division is shown together during their 1937 reunion, together in a room with raised glasses. M. R. Evans is seated at the table, center, with striped tie.

Battery D, 35th Division, is shown together during their 1937 reunion. M. R. Evans is on the second row, 9th from the left.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right), presenting the Official Insignia of the Blinded Veterans Association, Inc., to the executives of the organization at a White House ceremony. Left to right are Lloyd M. Greenwood, Harrison King, James W. Hope, Raymond T. Frey, Byrum S. Shumway, President Truman, Irvin P. Schloss, Robert Pistel, Peter J. McKenna, and John F. Brady.

President Harry S. Truman (right) holds Sandra Marie Smith, an orphan of World War II from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home. V.F.W. Commander-in-Chief, Ray H. Brannaman is with her to present the first Buddy Poppy of the V.F.W. fund drive to President Truman in the Oval Office.

President Harry S. Truman presents the Official Insignia of the Blinded Veterans Association, Inc., to the executives of the organization. Included in the photograph from left to right are: Lloyd M. Greenwood, Executive Director, New York; Harrison King, Washington, D.C.; James W. Hope, Gastonia, N.C.; Raymond T. Frey, Past President, Le Banon, Pennsylvania; Byrum S. Shumway, of Board of Directors, Baltimore, Maryland; President Harry S. Truman; Irvin P. Schloss, Baltimore, Maryland; Robert Pistel, Chairman, Baltimore, Maryland, Group; Peter J. McKenna, Jr., Washington, D.C.; and John F.

President Harry S. Truman (left) talking with James O'Neill (right), National Commander of the American Legion. This is O'Neill's first meeting with the President since election as Legion Commander at the New York convention.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Congressman Francis E. Walter (left) and Ray Sawyer (right), National Commander of American Veterans of World War II. President Truman signed the AMVETS of World War II bill, granting them a government charter.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right), and others, reviewing a 35th Division Parade in Kansas City, Missouri.