Neighbors build a home for United States World War II hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Eugene Atkins, in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson presents land and the home to the war hero. Atkins, a U.S. Army Private and war hero during service in the Philippines, shakes hands with Anderson. Atkins walks with his wife into the house. An plaque on the wall of the house commemorating the gift. Atkins and his neighbors eating during a country barbecue in Campobello South Carolina near Spartanburg, South Carolina.
United States soldiers in Germany during World War II. United States GIs pick up gasoline cans from a stack. They load gasoline cans onto U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Crew members aboard place them in a line.
Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Germany during World War II. United States aircraft in flight. They target transportation system in Germany and destroy rail tracks and roads. An explosion on a German train on a railroad. Burning freight trains. U.S. airplanes drop bombs on German vessels in a canal. A German flag tower, radio and radar bases, trucks carrying ammunition and supplies are destroyed by United States aircraft.
Mexico's President-elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio visits Washington D.C., United States. United States President Herbert Hoover welcomes the Mexican President-elect. President Herbert Hoover and Pascual Ortiz Rubio exit the White House building. First Ladies Lou Henry Hoover and Josefa De Ortiz stand next to their husbands.
United States President Harry S. Truman signs Housing Bill in Washington D.C., United States. President seated at desk as he signs the the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946, during a housing shortage for veteran soldiers and their families after World War 2. Officials stand behind him at the White House. President Truman signs the bill that will help provide homes for the homeless. He speeds authorization of $250,000,000 for emergency homes.
Tourist visit the FBI building in Washington D.C., United States. United States Capitol building, Lincoln Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. Vehicles drive past the U.S. Capitol building. Tourists visit lakes and government buildings in the city. Tourists wait to visit FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Headquarters in Washington D.C. A FBI Inspector briefs a group of tourists inside the building. 'J Edgar Hoover FBI building' written on the building. FBI agents work inside the building.
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