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Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

President Harry S. Truman's Radio Report to the American People on Korea and on U.S. Policy in the Far East

President Harry S. Truman's radio report to the American people on Korea and U.S. policy in the Far East, broadcast from the White House at 10:30 p.m. President Truman explained his policy for a limited war in Korea and why it was necessary to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of duty when he disagreed with that policy. Recorded by: ABC. From: Archives of University of Missouri-Columbia. 

President Truman's Address at the Sesquicentennial Convocation at West Point

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Sesquicentennial Convocation at West Point. The President spoke at 3:30 p.m. in the Field House at the academy. In his opening words he referred to Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dr. Karl T. Compton, Chairman of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army, Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy, and Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air force.

President Harry S. Truman with President Miguel Aleman Reviewing Troops

President Harry S. Truman and President Miguel Aleman of Mexico are "trooping the line" as they review troops at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. after the arrival of President Aleman. President Truman, left, and President Aleman, right, are in civilian clothes at the front of the line. Following behind, left to right, are Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway, Rear Admiral James Foskett, Fleet Admiral William Leahy, Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured), and Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones. All other men in uniform are unidentified.