Veterans

Former President Harry S. Truman attends a get-together of buddies of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. With Mr. Truman are l to r: Eugene P. Donnelly, Toastmaster; Eddie Meisburger, Secretary-Treasurer of Battery D; and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, who served as chaplain in World War I and World War II. This is similar to 69-499 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

President Harry S. Truman marching in the 35th Division Parade at their annual reunion in Omaha, Nebraska. Front row, left to right: Honorable Joseph Darst, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri; President Truman; Colonel Bartlett Bader of St. Joseph, Missouri; General Ralph E. Truman; Bob Drumm, of Omaha, Nebraska. Donor: Nicholas Georgieff

Breakfast held by President Harry S. Truman for the members of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. Original photograph oversized.

Harry S. Truman attending a reunion of the 35th Division in Kansas City, Missouri. Admiral William D. Leahy is to the left of President Truman, and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet is to the right of President Truman. Original photograph is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right)at the gravesite of George Washington at Mount Vernon. President Truman had just placed a wreath on the tomb in celebration of Washington's birthday. There is an African-American guard to the left. General Harry Vaughan (in the long coat) is on the left. On the right is Louis Starr, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and unidentified men in the Battery D parade. Occasion is the 35th Division Reunion in Kansas City, Missouri in 1947. Same as 58-238.

President Harry S. Truman on the reviewing stand of the Thirty-Fifth Division Reunion parade in Kansas City, Missouri.

Breakfast given by President Harry S. Truman to Battery D, prior to his Inauguration. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman signing S.J. Res. 72, which gives benefits to Korean war veterans, except the GI Bill of Rights. The Chief Executive asked Congress for the bill after hearing that a Veterans Administration hospital in Arizona had refused to admit a Korean War veteran because he had not served in an "official" war.

Senator Harry S. Truman at the Battery D Reunion dinner. Inscribed: "Best Wishes for your continued success from your Friend and Buddy, Ernest L. Schmidt."