United States 7th Army in Alsace, France during World War II. U.S. 36th Division, 141st Regiment soldiers march on both sides of a dirt road. Soldiers march in single file along a narrow forest road as traffic passes in the opposite direction. Soldiers gathered around a damaged German 128 mm Jagdtiger tank destroyer of s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 in Soultz-sous-FĂ´ret. Tanks and soldiers halted in a town due to a blown up bridge. Soldiers walk over a steel bridge across Seltzbach river. French civilians help in building the bridge. Quarter ton trucks cross a completed bridge.
United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight as paratroopers drop. Smoke rises from an area on the ground. Wing of an aircraft while in flight. Paratroopers and supplies land on a field.
United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-46 aircraft in flight as paratroopers are dropped. Paratroopers descend through the air. Paratroopers land in a field. C-46 aircraft in flight overhead. Paratroopers advance across a field. Paratroopers' gear lying on a field.
Preparations for the arrival of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Kansas City, Missouri. Allied flags on poles. A military band seated in chairs. A man at a rostrum as he works on a microphone. A WAC (Women's Army Corps) band at the ceremony. (World War II period).
Preparations for the homecoming of U.S. President Harry S. Truman to the Kansas City area for the first time since becoming President of the United States. View from Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Cameras mounted on car as cameramen record the arrival of President Truman. Customized U.S. Army Air Force C-54 Skymaster aircraft nicknamed "Sacred Cow" lands and taxis. (This VC-54C was built for Franklin Roosevelt, but he only flew on it for one trip before his death. The name "Sacred Cow" was a precursor to the name "Air Force One." The trip by Truman in this video clip was the first domestic airplane trip by a U.S. President in history. Prior trips by Franklin Roosevelt had all been international travel.) People gathered in a large number to welcome the President. President Truman and others in his party get off the aircraft. Arrival of President Truman at the Truman home in Independence, Missouri (his summer White House). Roger T. Sermon, Mayor of Independence greets the President's car as it arrives. Secret Service stand by near car and President while Truman greets well-wishers. Gathering in the back yard of the Truman home with members of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. From left to right: Cedric Siegfried, Al Huff, Richard Harbin, President Truman, George Hare, Dixon Kepley, Paul Snyder, Petey Childers. Photographers click pictures.
President Harry S. Truman's homecoming to Independence, Missouri. He is being honored by the city in the auditorium of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1001 W Walnut St, Independence, MO 64050, United States). President Truman addresses the gathering during this first trip back to his home area since becoming President. The President exits after speech. U.S. flags on the building. The President gets into his car. Photographers rush to take pictures. Views of the exterior of the Westport Men's Wear clothing store in Kansas City, owned by President Truman's lifelong friend, Edward "Eddie" Jacobson. Secret Service mill about the entrance while the President is inside. A sign above the store sign reads 'Arrow shirts." The President and his party exit the store and reenter his parked convertible.
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