Photos: Remembering Armed Forces Day
1950
Harry Truman observing the first Armed Forces Day. Reviewing the parade in Washington D.C. are (L-R) General Dwight Eisenhower; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson and President Truman. Photo taken May 20, 1950.
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