World War, 1914-1918

Lieutenant Harry S. Truman in his World War I National Guard uniform. He went to France as artillery officer in World War I, and returned as a major.

Harry S. Truman and the 129th Field Artillery stand in front of the Muehlebach Hotel during the November 1921 Armistice parade in Kansas City, Missouri. Truman is in uniform, on the far side of the street, behind the man in the suit.

Harry S. Truman and the men of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery. Harry S. Truman is circled.

Portrait of Captain Harry S. Truman, taken from his identity card for the American Expeditionary Forces. His rank is Captain, 129 Field Artillery. Captain Truman is not wearing glasses in this straight frontal, unsmiling portrait.

Colonel Karl D. Klemm and Lieutenant Colonel Arthur J. Elliot, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces, World War I. They are likely somewhere in France. From: 35th Division scrapbook

Left to Right: First Lieutenant Victor H. Housholder, Captain Harry S. Truman, First Lieutenant Gordon B. Jordan, Second Lieutenant Leslie Zemer. Handwritten caption on the back by Truman: "They took D Bty through the Argonne and Verdun fronts." From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

World War I soldiers, returning from Europe, march down Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, in a victory parade. Union Station can be seen faintly in the background. From: Mrs. D. S. Catechis.

A torpedoed cargo boat is under repair. Note on back of photograph identifies the location as Brest, France. Many Allied soldiers moved through Brest during World War I. All people in this photograph are unidentified.

Ships in harbor at Brest, France, taken during World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

Unidentified soldier with wrecked German plane, 129th Field Artillery sector, in France during World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and photographs.