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Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. Left to right, in front of a Project Manager, are Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota; H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator, Truman Committee; and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program inspect a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. Left to right are: Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota, a Project Manager of the MacEvoy Co., Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia, and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

Members of the Senate Truman Committee investigating the national defense program walk over a Navy vessel under construction by the MacEvoy Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia. In front are a Project Manager for the MacEvoy Company (left) and Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia. Behind them are Senator Joseph H. Ball (left) of Minnesota and H.G. Robinson, Special Investigator for the Truman Committee.

As a member of the Truman Committee investigating the national defense program, Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota climbs down the hatch of a Naval vessel under construction by the McEvoy Co. The exact location is unknown.

President Harry S. Truman admires an 18th century musical clock and two golden candelabras presented to the President by French Ambassador Henri Bonnet. They were acquired by French President Vincent Auriol for use in the renovated White House and will be placed in the Red Room.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and First Lady Bess Truman (left) admire an 18th century musical clock and two golden candelabras presented to the President in a ceremony on the North Portico of the White House by French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (2nd from right) and his wife (right). They were acquired by French President Vincent Auriol for use in the renovated White House and will be placed in the Red Room.

This photograph was taken when young Harry S. Truman was a soldier in the Missouri National Guard. See also 79-22 for better copy of same photo.

This picture was taken when Harry S. Truman (right) was 4 years old and his younger brother John Vivian Truman (left) was 2 years old.

President Harry S. Truman stands next to the statue dedicated to Andrew Jackson in front of the Courthouse in Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman when he was a Captain in the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. See also 58-421 and 79-19 for similar photos.