Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972

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, John T. Naulty, Glenn B. Woods, Eugene Donnelly, Tom O'Hare, Edward P. Meisburger, M. J. Flynn, Ralph W. Taylor, S. E. Woods, E. V. Stuart, Francis G. McGowan, Fred Cunningham, Frank J. Spina, Frances J. Yeager, and Henry Hortsman.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) is receiving a haircut from Frank Spina in the President's office in the Federal Courthouse on his twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. Spina has been the President's barber for the past twenty-eight years. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman walks at the head of the 35th Division during their reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. He is in the white suit and armband, holding his hat. Walking beside him is his fellow member from Battery D during World War II, Frank Spina. The military officers walking behind President Truman are, from left to right: Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, General Robert Landry, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman walks at the head of the 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Truman is wearing a white suit and an armband. Walking next to President Truman and carrying the banner is fellow Battery D member Frank Spina. Walking behind President Truman are, from left to right: unidentified officer; Major General Harry Vaughan; unidentified civilian; Rear Admiral Robert Dennison; General Robert Landry; General Wallace Graham (partly obscured by Mr. Truman's hat). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman, with his hat removed, walks at the head of the 35th Division parade during the Division Reunion gathering in Omaha, Nebraska. Also present are Frank Spina (extreme left, with head turned back to the President), Ed McKim (walking slightly behind Truman with his arm outstretched), General Harry Vaughan (behind McKim), Admiral Robert Dennison (second row, right), and General Wallace Graham (third row, right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) enjoys a laugh with former World War I comrade Frank Spina (foreground, left, holding flag) as they walk at the head of the 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. Others walking behind Truman are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Frank Spina (left) with Battery D flag march in the 35th Division Reunion Parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Truman is on his western trip, and stopped to participate in the reunion event and speak at the memorial park. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Frank Spina (second from right) talks to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (third from right) at former President Harry S. Truman's seventy-eighth birthday party luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right are: Robert Dennison, former Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, former President Harry S. Truman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Frank Spina, and news photographer Joe Adams.

Frank Spina (fourth from right, foreground) greeting former President Harry S. Truman at Truman's seventy-eighth birthday luncheon at the President Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. In the picture from left to right are: Sidney Souers, George Killion, Louis Truman, Edwin A. Locke, Jr., Robert Dennison, former Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Frank Spina, former Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, former President Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Veterans of former President Harry S. Truman's World War I unit, Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, stand on the lawn of the Truman Library with one of the weapons they used in the war, a French 75mm artillery piece. The weapon was donated to the Truman Library. Eddie Meisburger is sixth from the left, near wheel; Frank Spina is third from the right, holding the Battery D flag. All others are unidentified.