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| Truman read citation to General Douglas MacArthur following their meeting at Wake Island, 14 Oct 1950 | General Douglas MacArthur greeting US President Harry Truman upon the latter's arrival at Wake Island, 15 Oct 1950 |
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| US President Harry Truman and Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Arthur Radford walking to their car at the Wake Island conference, 16 Oct 1950. Note lines from early wirephoto transmission “noise.” | US President Truman with Averell Harriman, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, John Snyder, Frank Pace, Jr., and Omar Bradley, Washington DC, United States, 18 Oct 1950 |
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| Letter from MacArthur to Truman regarding Wake Island conference, 30 Oct 1950, 1 of 2 | Letter from MacArthur to Truman regarding Wake Island conference, 30 Oct 1950, 2 of 2 |
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| General Elsey's proposed response for General MacArthur's message dated 30 Oct 1950, 1 of 2 | General Elsey's proposed response for General MacArthur's message dated 30 Oct 1950, 2 of 2 |
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| Truman presenting United States Marine Corps Reserve Colonel Justice M. Chambers with the Medal of Honor for heroism at Iwo Jima, 1 Nov 1950 | F4U-5N Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF(N)-513 at rest, Wonsan, Korea, 2 Nov 1950, photo 1 of 2. Note the HVAR rockets. |
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| F4U-5N Corsair fighter of US Marine Corps squadron VMF(N)-513 at rest, Wonsan, Korea, 2 Nov 1950, photo 2 of 2. Note the HVAR rockets. | Good view of the size of the 16-inch gun barrels of battleship USS New Jersey’s main battery, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States, 3 Nov 1950. |
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| Colonel Lewis Puller reading the US Marine Corps Birthday Proclamation, Korea, 10 Nov 1950 | Crewmen of USS Badoeng Strait clearing snow from the flight deck, off Korea, 14 Nov 1950; note F4U-4B fighters of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-323 |
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| Emperor Showa speaking at the ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, 17 Nov 1950 | Marine Col Chesty Puller commanding the 1st Marines in Korea, Nov 22, 1950. |
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| Truman's secretary's memo regarding the Truman-MacArthur meeting at Wake, 25 Nov 1950, page 1 of 4 | Truman's secretary's memo regarding the Truman-MacArthur meeting at Wake, 25 Nov 1950, page 2 of 4 |
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| Truman's secretary's memo regarding the Truman-MacArthur meeting at Wake, 25 Nov 1950, page 3 of 4 | Truman's secretary's memo regarding the Truman-MacArthur meeting at Wake, 25 Nov 1950, page 4 of 4 |
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