World War, 1914-1918

View of the crowd listening to former President Harry S. Truman speaking at the ceremonies of the World War I Memorial (Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri).

Harry S. Truman in his uniform as a First Lieutenant, Battery D 129th Field Artillery. He is seated, looking into the camera, with his left arm on a chair, holding his hat in his right hand. From: Estate of Mary Jane Truman Same as 66-2934, 62-391, 69-437, and 69-401-01, only this is a better, uncropped photograph. May be reproduced on the condition that the Harry S. Truman Library be credited.

Captain Harry S. Truman, Battery D 129th Field Artillery, sitting on a horse. This is a frontal view of both horse and rider. This photograph was taken at Camp Coetquidan, Brittany, France in July, 1918 by Arthur W. Wilson, 2nd Lt., Battery E, 129th Field Artillery. Same as 58-421 and 66-2916. From the Estate of Mary Jane Truman.

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.