Truman, Louis W. (Louis Watson), 1908-2004

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (seated) receives instructions from an unidentified Air Force representative (kneeling) about flying the F-105F Thunderchief fighter plane. The General was visiting Ramstein Air Force Base in Rheinland-Pfalz which is in the southwest corner of Germany, near the city of Kaiserslautern.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (rear) and an unidentified pilot in the cockpit of an F105F Thunderchief fighter plane during General Truman's visit to Ramstein Air Force Base, in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right), is introduced to Sergeant Major McGovern, (second from left) 1st Brigade, 4th AD by Artillery Sergeant Major by William C. Presley, VII Corps Sergeant Major (behind General Truman) during the VII Corps Sergeant Major Conference held at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. All other soldiers are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right)presents the United States Army Parachutist Wings and a Certificate of Completion of the 8th Division Airborne course to German Army Captain Martin Merzenich (left).

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman addresses the Sergeant Major Conference for the United States Army Seventh Corps, held in Stuttgart, Germany. Forty-nine Sergeants Major attended the Conference representing more than one-thousand years of service.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (center) shakes hands with an unidentified officer (left) while another unidentified officer (right) looks on during General Truman's visit to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Infantry in Berlin, Germany.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (head table, center) attends a luncheon held at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany during the VII Corps Sergeants Major Conference. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (second from right at head table) enjoys a meal while visiting the 2nd Battalion, 34th Infantry in Berlin, Germany. All other soldiers and officers are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (in background, center, with camouflaged helmet) talks with an unidentified soldier in the chow line while visiting a rear mess in Corps Rear area. The soldiers, including some African-American soldiers, were participating in an exercise as part of the Seventh Corps, United States Army in Germany. All others are unidentified.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman departs the field headquarters in an automobile after visiting the field during a training exercise in undertaken by the United States Army Seventh Corps in Germany.