Veterans

President Harry S. Truman shakes the hand of a Medal of Honor recipient in a wheelchair while other recipients and guests look on. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton is seated second from left, front row.

President Harry S. Truman (standing in front with a veteran) decorating one of twenty-eight servicemen who received Medals of Honor in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. First Lieutenant Cecil H. Bolton is seated far left, front row. Behind President Truman at the table with the medals is Major General Harry Vaughan.

General Harry Vaughan (second from the left) at the opening night of the National Capital's Sesquicentennial historic drama "Faith of Our Fathers." Vaughan received a hand-illuminated scroll on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars commemorating the service of the veterans organization presented by Lawrence B. Slater, Assistant General Manager of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission. Also present George F. McWilliams, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign War Clyde A. Lewis, and Omar B. Ketchum, Legislative Director of the VFW. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

From left to right, Roberta (Mrs. Arleigh) Burke, Admiral Arleigh Burke, Colonel Rufus Burrus, an unidentified Lieutenant Commander, and Commander Richardson in the lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Same as 2000-18, without the autograph.

Overview of the breakfast for President Harry S. Truman by his comrades from Battery D at the Mayflower Hotel on Inauguration morning. President Truman is at back table. Original photograph is filed in the oversize file. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) walks alongside an unidentified Legionnaire at the World War I Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Veterans of former President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, stand on the lawn of the Truman Library with one of the weapons they used in the war, a French 75mm artillery piece. The weapon was donated to the Truman Library. Eddie Meisburger is sixth from the left, near wheel; Frank Spina is third from the right, holding the Battery D flag. All others are unidentified.

Veterans of former President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, stand on the lawn of the Truman Library with one of the weapons they used in the war, a French 75mm artillery piece. The weapon was donated to the Truman Library. Eddie Meisburger is sixth from the left, near wheel; Frank Spina is third from the right, holding the Battery D flag. All others are unidentified.

Group of Battery D veterans stand alongside a semi-truck which bears the sign for the gun viewing event at the Harry S. Truman Library. The gun, a World War I era French 75mm artillery piece, is similar to one used by former President Harry S. Truman and his Battery D comrades during World War I. All in photo are unidentified.

Group of Battery D veterans stand alongside a semi-truck which bears the sign for the gun viewing event at the Harry S. Truman Library. The gun, a World War I era French 75mm artillery piece, is similar to one used by former President Harry S. Truman and his Battery D comrades during World War I. All in photo are unidentified.