Weapons

View is identified as Problem 2361 and demonstrates firepower of infantry, tank, and artillery. In this attack action shot, infantrymen and tanks are shown moving forward aided by an artillery barrage. A soldier is in view in the center of the photograph. This event occurred while President Harry S. Truman was visiting Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."

A group of unidentified soldiers sit along a fence after securing their weapons. The soldiers were participating in events in Brunnen, Switzerland. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

A group of soldiers sit along a fence after securing their weapons. The soldiers participated in a parade in Brunnen, Switzerland. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., worked in Europe. All are unidentified.

A group of unidentified soldiers sit along a fence after securing their weapons. The soldiers participated in a parade in Brunnen, Switzerland. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

President Harry S. Truman sighting a shotgun at Sun Valley, Idaho. The man on the left is Joseph Burgy, Director of Sports and Recreation at Sun Valley. All others are unidentified.

Two soldiers with guns seized at Havana University in Cuba. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

General Walter Krueger (right) presents President Harry S. Truman (left) with a 650 year old Japanese sword. The general received the sword from a Japanese family while with the 10th Army occupation forces in Japan. From: the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

A display of swords, daggers, and scabbards from the King of Saudi Arabia is on exhibit at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) with Private Oliver Tibbs (left) of Company B, 28th Infantry Regiment holding a machine gun at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, as he undergoes his proficiency test for the weapon.

Confiscated Viet Cong rifles at Moc Hoa, Plaine Des Jones, Vietnam.