Veterans

From left to right, Mr. Vance Stirrup, Commander American Legion 10th District, Florida; Mr. Albert Mills, Past National Committeeman; President Harry S. Truman; and Mr. George A. Warren, American Legion Post Commander visit with President Truman while he is on vacation. The gentlemen present President Truman with guyaberas (Cuban Irish linen sport shirts) and a gold medal commemorating his visit to the 1948 American Legion Convention. They are standing on the grounds of the Little White House in Key West, Florida.

From left to right, Mr. Vance Stirrup, Commander American Legion 10th District, Florida; Mr. Albert Mills, Past National Committeeman; President Harry S. Truman; and Mr. George A. Warren, American Legion Post Commander visit with President Truman while he is on vacation. The gentlemen present President Truman with guyaberas (Cuban Irish linen sport shirts) and a gold medal commemorating his visit to the 1948 American Legion Convention. They are standing on the grounds of the Little White House in Key West, Florida.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at the annual reunion in Kansas City, Kansas, at the memorial for the dead of the 35th Division.

The first batch of the G.I. Bill Insurance Checks leaves the Treasury Department for local post offices where they will be held until January 16. Helping load the truck is Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; and Veterans Administration Carl R. Gray, Jr.

Left to right: Unidentified man, former President Harry S. Truman, and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan at a reunion of the 35th Division in Kansas City, Missouri. Father Tiernan was chaplain in the 35th Division. From: Truman Wing.

J. Howard McGrath, United States District Attorney for the State of Rhode Island, (left) at an Armistice Day event. The veteran standing beside him and the man behind him are unidentified.

Left to right: Harry S. Truman, Harry H. Vaughan, and John W. Snyder at Camp Riley, Kansas.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (at podium) gives a speech on Armistice Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Also pictured, front row: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right); and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (third from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (at podium) gives a speech on Armistice Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Also pictured, front row: Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right); Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (third from right); and Vice President Henry Wallace (top row, left). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Dinner at Shoreham by American Legion Honor Guard to give Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson the Legion Distinguished Service Medal. From left to right: Louis Renfrow, unidentified, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of Defense Johnson, American Legion Commander Paul Griffith, and unidentified.