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World War, 1939-1945

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh Addresses Workers at Vega Airplane Plant Number 1

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh stands at the podium and addresses a crowd of workers at Vega Airplane Plant Number 1, Los Angeles, California, as part of an inspection tour of airplane factories in southern California by Brig. General Ord Ryan and a group of Air Corps officers from March Field, Riverside, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Truman and Cabinet after Japanese Surrender

President Harry S. Truman meeting with his Cabinet to discuss the Japanese Surrender to end World War II. Around the table, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; National Housing Agency Chairman John B. Blandford, Jr.; War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug; War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder; Office of Economic Stabilization Director William H.