EVB3084980: President Harry Truman, center, presenting chemist Dr. James Conant with the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Dr. Vannevar Bush stands at left. Conant and Bush played critical leadership roles in the Manhattan Project which developed the Atomic: President Harry Truman, center, presenting chemist Dr. James Conant with the Medal of Merit and Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Dr. Vannevar Bush stands at left. Conant and Bush played critical leadership roles in the Manhattan Project which developed the Atomic Bomb in World War 2. - (BSLOC_2014_15_29) / Bridgeman Images
EVB3085022: Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions t: Prince Faisal l bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and King Farouk of Egypt. They dine at Ras el-Tin Palace in Alexandria following a meeting of the Arab League, April 9, 1946. Five of the nine resolutions passed in this Arab League session addressed actions to resist Jewish settlement in Palestine. - (BSLOC_2014_15_211) / Bridgeman Images
EVB3085031: Arab Palestinians examine weapons in a Jerusalem market. Guns, bullets, and hand grenades were for sale beside vegetables on March 1, 1948. - (BSLOC_2014_15_202): Arab Palestinians examine weapons in a Jerusalem market. Guns, bullets, and hand grenades were for sale beside vegetables on March 1, 1948. - (BSLOC_2014_15_202) / Bridgeman Images
EVB3085044: Two captured Indonesian army soldiers, with bandoliers around their necks, 1947. They are surrounded by soldiers of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and a Dutch Ambonese mercenary (right). - (BSLOC_2014_15_179): Two captured Indonesian army soldiers, with bandoliers around their necks, 1947. They are surrounded by soldiers of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and a Dutch Ambonese mercenary (right). - (BSLOC_2014_15_179) / Bridgeman Images