Veterans

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Lyall T. Beggs, (right) Commander in Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, highlighting the 49th annual VFW encampment held in St. Louis, Missouri. The other man is unidentified.

Group of five men are shown looking at a display as part of a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention held in Boston, Massachusetts August 28-September 2, 1955. Robert C. Goodwin of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security is third from the left. The other men are not identified.

Event is identified as the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) dinner for Congressional vets. According to Robert Goodwin's diary he attended and it was held at the Statler [Hotel] in the Presidential Room. Those in view are not identified.

Men in military uniforms holding signs, one of which says "I'm a Vet on strike for $2.00 increase." From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Air Force Association Heads visit President Harry S. Truman. From left to right, pictured are General James Doolittle, Colonel Willis S. Fitch, Sergeant Forest Vosler, President Harry S. Truman, Colonel Thomas Lanphier, Sergeant Merryl Frost, and Colonel James M. Steward. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

A delegation of four amputees (all unidentified) representing those at Thomas M. England Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey visit with Major General Harry Vaughan (seated, center), President Harry S. Truman's Military Aide. They are visiting with General Vaughan at the White House to protest the closing of the Army's largest amputation center. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Members of the Military Order of the World Wars presented President Harry S. Truman with an insignia making him an Honorary Past Commander-in-Chief in the Order, as well as Life Membership certificate. President Truman was already a member of the Kansas City Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars. From left to right: Major E. Kemper Carter, Captain Arthur Brookfield, Admiral William H. Stamon, President Truman, Commander David Sholtz, General George C. Marshall, and Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman (left) autographs a baseball for Private First Class Paul E. Davis (right), the first American soldier in Tokyo, Japan. Davis caught the baseball at the World Series. Also pictured is the newly elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph M. Stack (center). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left, waving) and General Harry Vaughan (right, back to camera) are attending an event and visiting with members of the American Legion. Men in the background are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Friends and Family."

President Harry S. Truman walks at the head of the 35th Division during their reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. He is in the white suit and armband, holding his hat. Walking beside him is his fellow member from Battery D during World War II, Frank Spina. The military officers walking behind President Truman are, from left to right: Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.