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Donnelly, Eugene

Truman at a 35th Division Reunion

Former President Harry S. Truman attends a get-together of buddies of Battery D, 138th Field Artillery, 35th Division in Kansas City. With Mr. Truman are l to r: Eugene P. Donnelly, Toastmaster; Eddie Meisburger, Secretary-Treasurer of Battery D; and Monsignor L. Curtis Tiernan, who served as chaplain in World War I and World War II. This is similar to 69-499 and includes an original negative. Donor: Dorothy Feeback.

Battery D Dinner celebrating the election of President Roosevelt and Vice President-elect Truman

Battery D Dinner celebrating the election of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman. At table, left to right: James B. Conway, Newell T. Paterson, Morris Glen Riley, Frank Stanley, Edward D. McKim, Harry S. Truman, Eugene P. Donnelly, John H. Thacher, Col. Harry Vaughan, Godfrey C. Downey, Verne F. Chaney, Fred E. Junion, John M. Carnie. First row standing: Frank Sargart, Ralph W. Taylor, Harry E. Whitney, Carl Pat Reilly, Fred Weiderman, Samuel Dantzig, Francis G. McGowan, Ed Gerye, Charles L. Fredericks, Frank E. Spina, Lawrence F. Becker, Leo J.

Members of Battery D with French Artillery Piece

Veterans of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, former President Harry S. Truman's unit in World War I, stand with a French 75 mm artillery piece that was donated to the Truman Library. From left to right: Unidentified, Edward P. Meisburger, Glenn B. Woods, Judge Albert A. Ridge, Tom O'Hare, John T. Naulty, M. J. Flynn, Fred Cunningham, T. Woods, Francis G. McGowan, Frank J. Spina, Eugene Donnelly, C. J. Sampson, Carl A. Hamma, Henry Hortsman, Ralph W. Taylor, and Francis J. Yeager.