Veterans

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks to veterans and others at the dedication of the new AMVETS headquarters at 1710 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. Also present on the left side of the speaker's stand are, from left to right, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaks to veterans and others at the dedication of the new AMVETS headquarters at 1710 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington, D.C. Also present on the left side of the speaker's stand are, from left to right, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with an Army Nurse Lieutenant at a White House Garden Party for wounded veterans. Brigadier General Harry Vaughan is pictured on the President's left and Naval Aide Captain Clark Clifford is in the background, center. All others unidentified.

Photograph of Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder during a visit by he and President Truman to Des Moines, Iowa to address the National Amvets Convention. This photo shows John Snyder (center) with unidentified group of men.

President Harry S. Truman (facing camera, fourth from left) in the Oval Office, posing for photographers as he accepted as a gift from the people of the Philippines a rock from Corregidor. The Rock was presented by a delegation including the Ambassador from the Philippines to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (facing camera, fifth from left); Colonel Harry Peck, a survivor of the Bataan Death march (second from left); and Major Manuel Acosta, a Filipino veteran who lost his arm (third from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) in the Oval Office, accepting as a gift from the people of the Philippines a rock from Corregidor. The Rock was presented by a delegation including the Ambassador from the Philippines to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (fifth from left); Colonel Harry Peck, a survivor of the Bataan Death march (second from left); and Major Manuel Acosta, a Filipino veteran who lost his arm (third from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (2nd from right) receives a rock from the Fort Corregidor as a gift from the people of the Philippines in ceremonies at the White House. Also present is Ambassador of the Philippines Joaquin Elizalde (right), and Colonel Harry Peck (foreground, left) and Major Manuel Acosta (third from left), both survivors of the Bataan Death March. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front corner of reviewing stand) leans over and speaks with a supporter from the reviewing stand for the 35th Division Battery "D" parade in Omaha, Nebraska. Others on the reviewing stand are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Frank Spina (left) with Battery D flag march in the 35th Division Reunion Parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Truman is on his western trip, and stopped to participate in the reunion event and speak at the memorial park. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An automobile with a platform holding several sailors, including a yeoman, radioman and pharmacist passes the reviewing stand in a 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) attended this event. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.