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THE FIRST PROCLAMATION - Page 1 of the proclamation signed by President Harry S. Truman. (AFD-1950) |
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THE FIRST PROCLAMATION - Page 2 of the proclamation signed by President Harry S. Truman. (AFD-1950) |
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MAKING IT OFFICIAL - Press copy of official proclamation marking third Saturday in May as Armed Forces Day.(AFD-1950) |
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MAKING IT OFFICIAL - Additional Documentation on the process of designating Armed Forces Day. (AFD-1950) |
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STIRRING UP INTEREST - Getting the word out on the new celebration. (AFD-1950) |
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ESTABLISHING "AT NOT EXTRA COST" POLICY - Expressing President Truman's policy the "no movement of troops be involved or any expense incurred to the Government for affairs of this kind." (AFD-1950) |
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ESTABLISHING "AT NOT EXTRA COST" POLICY - Expressing President Truman's policy the "no movement of troops be involved or any expense incurred to the Government for affairs of this kind." (AFD-1950) |
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STANDING TALL - Official poster for Armed Forces Day highlights the "Defenders of Freedom". (AFD-1951) |
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FIRST DINNER - President Harry S. Truman addresses guests at the first Armed Forces Day dinner in Washington, D.C. His proclamation replaced separate celebrations by the Armed Services. (AFD-1950) |
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PASSING IN REVIEW - Airmen from Andrews AFB, Md., salute President Harry S. Truman during a parade down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. (AFD-1951) |
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REVIEWING THE TROOPS - Generals review the troops at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan. (AFD-1950) |
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"I WANT YOU" - Specially designed jeeps carrying recruiting posters paraded in New Orleans. (AFD-1950) |
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WELL DESERVED - Capt. Robert L. Fair receives the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals and the Army Commendation Ribbon at a Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., ceremony. (AFD-1952) |
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QUOTING BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Servicemen and women comprise this poster, which features cautionary words of Benjamin Franklin. (AFD-1952) |
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POWER FOR PEACE - Ground, air and sea power set the theme for this AFD poster, as witnessed by an American family. (AFD-1955) |
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LATEST GEAR - Army airborne troops show the "latest" equipment to visitors during open house activities at the Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. (AFD-1955) |
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BOLLING AFB, D.C. - The Army's new landing craft retriever shows how it straddles a damaged craft, lifts it from the water, and carries it onto a dry dock for repairs. (AFD-1956) |
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BUILDING A CASTLE - Army engineers construct the entrance to their exhibit during an open house at Bolling Field, now Bolling AFB, D.C. (AFD-1956) |
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PEERING AT CONTROLS - Future pilots check out the controls of a jet during an open house at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. (AFD-1956) |
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KEEPING THE LINES OPEN - Shotaro Tabushita (left), Japanese advisor to the Army's overseas signal corps, explains mobile teletype operations to Japanese visitors at Camp Drake, Japan. (AFD-1956) |
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WAITING THEIR TURN to sit in a U.S. Army reconnaissance helicopter are these visitors at Fort Bragg, N.C. (AFD-1957) |
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BIG BOOMERS - The "Honest John," a nuclear warhead rocket highlights the Fort Bragg, N.C. open house. (AFD-1957) |
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BIG BOOMERS - A self-propelled 155mm howitzer highlights the Fort Bragg, N.C. open house. (AFD-1957) |
