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Two American Legion members are on the stage with Louis A. Johnson, who was the national commander of the American Legion in 1932.

1. Louis A. Johnson Makes a Speech

Photo proof photo of Johnson.

2. Portrait Louis A. Johnson

3. Louis and Ruth Johnson's Residence, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Louis Johnson at the entrance to the Taj Mahal.

4. At the Taj Mahal

Colonel Louis Johnson and Colonel Griffith with Indians at the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti at Fatehpur Sikri, India.

5. Fatehpur Sikri, India

A view of the Taj Mahal, showing wartime air raid protection measures on the central dome. The man is likely Louis Johnson.

6. The Taj Mahal

Text on the back reads, "When Assistant Secretary of War, Col. Louis Johnson was famous as hard worker, hard driver. During preparations for important mission to aid India in fighting off Japanese, the telephone in his Washington apartment was seldom silent." Johnson served as the President's personal representative in India in 1942.

7. Colonel Louis Johnson Prepares to Travel to India, Washington, D. C.

President Franklin Roosevelt pictured with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Assistant Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson, and an unidentified man.

8. President Roosevelt and Others

Louis Johnson, then Assistant Secretary of War, leaves Texarkana in an army plane after giving a speech to the American Legion there.

9. Louis Johnson Leaving Texarkana

Louis Johnson, at that time Assistant Secretary of War, is pictured with a member of the Arkansas American Legion at an event at which he gave a speech.

10. Louis Johnson At American Legion Gathering, Texarkana, Texas

Louis Johnson, National Commander of the American Legion, boards a United Air Lines flight from Cleveland to Chicago.

11. Legion Commander and Air Traveler

Louis Johnson pictured in a car with his wife Ruth Frances Maxwell Johnson and his daughters Lillian Maxwell Johnson and Katherine Ruth Johnson, likely during his tenure as National Commander of the American Legion.

12. Louis Johnson With His Family