Veterans

Captain Truman's Own Color Guard from Battery "C" of the First World War at the dedication of the National Guard Memorial in Washington, D.C. Former President Harry S. Truman on far left and all others unidentified.

The Battery "C" Color Guard presents arms to Former President Harry S. Truman (far left) at the Dedication of the National Guard Memorial in Washington, D. C. Others are not identified.

The Battery "C" Color Guard salutes the massing Colors of the States, Commonwealths, Territories and District of Columbia during the Dedicatory ceremonies of the National Guard Memorial, Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right: Colonel Arthur H. Bell; Sergeant Eddie Meisburger; Corporal Ed P. Downey; Corporal Frank F. Kunz.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses with four veterans of World War I who served in the 129th Field Artillery Battalion under the command of Truman when he was a captain. They are shown at the dedication of a $2 million National Guard Memorial Building in Washington, D.C. Left to right are: Sergeant Eddie Meisburger; Corporal Ed P. Downey; Former President Harry S. Truman; Corporal Frank F. Kunz; and Colonel Arthur H. Bell, all from Kansas City, Missouri. (See 66-8429.)

Battery "C" Color Guard in foreground during the dedicatory ceremonies of the National Guard Memorial, Washington, D. C. Some of the spectators, none identified.

At the dedication of the National Guard Memorial in Washington D.C. Left to right: Major General Maxwell E. Rich, Adjutant of Utah; Major General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Major General Harry Vaughan; Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona; Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) James Brooks, District of Columbia Army National Guard.

Lorain H. Cunningham stands next to a portrait of President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Cunningham was a member of Battery D of the 35th Division in World War I.

Members of Battery D of the 129th Field Artillery flank the Presidential car with President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley as the parade forms east of the Capitol Building.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley (in car) were escorted by an honor guard of Battery D of the 35th Division on Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade. Battery D was President Truman's World War I battery.

Group of men, left to right: unidentified representative of the Col. Francis Vigo Post #1093 of the American Legion, Thomas C. Clark, Mark W. Clark and Irving Geist, at the testimonial dinner for Attorney General J. Howard McGrath at the Hotel Commodore, New York City.