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

Major General Louis W. Truman (front row, right) stands alongside twenty-three soldiers who received promotion to the United States Army grade of E-8 (Master Sergeant), the second highest rank among enlisted men. All others are unidentified. This ceremony probably took place at Fort Lewis, Washington.

From left to right, Major General John W. Harmony, Commanding General of XV United States Army Corps Reserve; Major General Gilman C. Mudgett, Deputy Commanding General of 6th Army; and Major General Louis W. Truman, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis Commander, walk between training stations at Fort Lewis, Washington. The generals were observing Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets who were undergoing six-week summer training at Fort Lewis. All others are unidentified.

Major General Louis W. Truman (left) congratulates Second Lieutenant Ralph H. Miller on wining the Soldier's Medal, the Army's highest peacetime award. Miller earned the award on December 19, 1958, when he plunged into the Nisqually River to rescue an injured fellow officer.

Master Sergeant Oliver G. Skipper (second from right) and his family enter their new Capehart Quarters at Fort Lewis, Washington. Major General Louis W. Truman (left) stands with the family. The Skippers were the first on the waiting list to move into the newly completed housing units.

Major General Louis W. Truman studies the wall locker of an unidentified military personnel during an inspection of the 4th Division Quartermaster Company. Lieutenant Colonel William B. Levin, Division Quartermaster, stands in the background. All others are unidentified.

Colonel W. W. Bessell (right), newly appointed Dean of the Academy Board at West Point, talks with Tom Martin (left), Washington State Treasurer and Co-Chairman of the Association of the United States Army West Point Committee, and Major General Louis W. Truman (center).

From left to right, Major General Louis W. Truman, Mrs. Adams, Brigadier General Robert H. Adams, Mrs. Blandford, Brigadier General William O. Blandford, Mrs. McLean, and Colonel John R. McLean, Executive Officer of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery, at a reception for Blandford and Adams. The reception was held to congratulate Blandford on his new position as Assistant 4th Infantry Division Commander, and Adams on his new position as Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery.

Major General Louis W. Truman (center) slices a birthday cake presented to him on his 51st birthday. Observing are visiting generals - Lieutenant General Herbert B. Powell (left), Deputy Commanding General for Reserve Forces U.S. Continental Army Command, and Major General Gilman C. Mudgett, Deputy Commanding General of the Sixth United States Army.

Fort Lewis officers and their wives, including Major General Louis W. Truman (left), turned out for a reception honoring Brigadier General and Mrs. John H. McGee (center) and Brigadier General and Mrs. Francis Hill (second from right).

Major General Louis W. Truman (right) and his wife, Margaret S. Truman (left) greet Brigadier General and Mrs. William O. Blandford (center).