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Ben Hogan takes four strokes on the par four, 371-yard 15th hole at Canterbury Golf Club, during second round on June 14,1946 of the U.S. Open Golf Ch...

Ben Hogan shots from the fairway during his four strokes on the par four, 371-yard 15th hole at Canterbury Golf Club, during second round on June 14,1...

Mr. and Mrs. Zwi Fischel from Poland and who were recently married at a Jewish settlement in Palestine, June 5, 1946. (AP Photo)

Mr. and Mrs. Zwi Fischel from Poland and who were recently married at a Jewish settlement in Palestine, June 5, 1946. (AP Photo)

Mr. and Mrs. Zwi Fischel from Poland and who were recently married at a Jewish settlement in Palestine, June 5, 1946. (AP Photo)

An Ancient Crusader fort on the Mediterranean near Athlit. In foreground is the Palestine railroad and square areas of water in front of fort are evap...

Golfer Ben Hogan with his trophy that he won at the Goodall Golf round-robin tournament at Winged Foot Golf Club on June 4,1946 at Mamaronick, N.Y....

Led by Paul Russo in his Twin-Coach Special (10), the 33 racers round the first turn on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30, 1946, as the Memoria...

George Robson (left) gets a hug from his wife as he waves at Indianapolis 500-mile race to crowd from his Thorne Special car, with which he won the...

Ben Hogan, mighty man of golf, is shown dipping into the cup for the first prize check for winning the $10,000 Western Open Golf Tournament on May 26...

President Harry Truman drinks from a glass of water (left) and pauses between sentences (right) as he faces members of congress in his address on the...

President Harry Truman (on rostrum) requests members of the Senate and House during a joint session, on May 25,1946 in the House chamber to enact dra...

An unidentified woman climbs through the window of one of the last trains to leave in New York's Pennsylvania Station, before the start of the nationw...

This is a general view of the grandstand and part of the track at the Indianapolis Speedway, seen May 18, 1946, as a large crowd turned out to watch t...

Members of the crew of the winning Wisconsin varsity, toss their coxswain, Carlyle Fay, left, off the pier at the Annapolis, Md., boathouse, May 11, 1...

Biggest crowd in the 52-year history of the 12th street market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania lined up early in the morning of May 9, 1946 as the New J...

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, credited with contributing to the development of the Atomic bomb, at his home in Berkeley, Calif., April 23, 1946. He w...

General view of Athlit settlement on the Mediterranian, June 18, 1946. In background is chicken houses. (AP Photo)

Katherine Dunham, at right, leads her troupe through a special warm-up exercise during a rehearsal session March 11, 1946 in New York. The drums at...

People standing in line up for bubble gum at a Memphis grocery store, Feb. 26, 1946. (AP Photo)

Golfer Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa., who was leading the field in the New Orleans Open Tournament, throws his putter to the ground in disgust after missi...

Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pennsylvania, smiles as he sinks a putt on the 11th green of hte New Orleans Open Golf Tournament on Feb. 15, 1946. His two d...

Top ranking Navy men attend a special lecture on Nuclear Physics given by Dr. George Gamow, native of Russia who is Professor of Physics of George Was...

Manufacture of lastex thread has been resumed and the supply should be plentiful by mid-summer, says the U.S. Rubber company. These women in Los Angel...

Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross and Supritendent Edwin Dressel of the Philadelphia Mint checking first batch of the new Franklin D. Roosevelt dimes turned out...

Superintendent Edward Dressel pouring dimes on table with director Nellie Taloe Ross and Mrs. Kathryn Sura, chairman of the women's division of the Ph...

Displaying his skill as a wrestler, Partrick O'Connor is about to close the

Against the backdrop of paintings in his art gallery, Patrick O'Connor, beard, applies the aero plane whirl to wrestler Jack Singer in New York, Jan....

Ben Hogan, (right), golf professional from Hershey, Pa., receives a plaque January 13, 1946 from Robert A. Hudson (left), President of the Portland G...

Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Duke Ellington rehearse Leonard Feather's song

Photo show some of the children who are getting no schooling because U.S. has failed observe a Treaty made in 1868 according to Dr. George A. Boyce, D...

Notre Dame George Connor, shown in 1946. (AP Photo)

Notre Dame's George Connor, shown in 1946. (AP Photo)

" Harvey" celebrated his first birthday last night at Sardi' s, New York restaurant, and everybody was there but Harvey, the imaginary rabbit who has...

Corinne Brown wears a one-piece, from fitting, nylon-lastex swim suit which features a built up, looped bra. It was one of the suits modeled Oct. 15,...

Leftfielder Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers is greeted as he scoreS on his tying; eighth-inning homer by Roy Cullenbine (6) in the sixth game of...

Detroit Tigers left fielder Hank Greenberg, right, finds three teammates, Eddie Mayo (3), Roger Cramer (8), and Ray Cullenbine (6), on hand to welcome...

Hal Newhouser of the Detroit Tigers poses on Oct. 3, 1945 before becoming the starting pitcher in the 1945 World Series. (AP Photo)

A column of liberated Russians being marched along Charlottenburger Chaussee towards the Victory Monument Sept. 24, 1945 in Germany. It seems odd that...

A column of liberated Russians being marched along Charlottenburger Chaussee towards the Victory Monument Sept. 24, 1945 in Germany. It seems odd that...

Communist leader Mao Tse-Tung of the Communist faction at Yenan, China, August 28, 1945, in company wtih U.S. Ambassador Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley....

U.S. Marines of 1st regiment of Fourth Marine Division look over Japanese Baka suicide bombs in hangar at Yokosukal Naval Air Station, Japan in Septe...

Black smoke rolls upward from the USS Hancock, carrier of the Essex type, after it was fired by a 1,000 pound bomb and Japanese suicide plane which...

Harold Newhouser, Tigers pitching star, left, receives a gold watch from TY Tyson, representing the sporting news, awarding him the title

Some of the hundreds of civilians visiting the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks on Aug. 12, 1945 at San Francisco walk along the flight deck of the USS ho...

Welders and cutters at Hunters Point Naval Drydock on Aug. 8, 1945 San Francisco, work on the flight deck of the USS Hornet, as the veteran Pacific wa...

A new flight deck bow takes shape on the USS Hornet, aircraft carrier, as the Pacific war veteran undergoes repairs on Aug. 8, 1945 at Huners Point Na...

Aboard the cruiser Augusta, President Harry S. Truman, with a radio at hand, reads reports of the first atomic bomb raid on Japan, Aug. 6, 1945, while...

Byron Nelson, hottest golfer of the year, putts on the 12th green in the All-American Open first round, July 26, 1945, at the Tam O'Shanter golf cours...

Strings of 500-pound bombs stream from three B-29s as the Superforts unload their explosives on the target on Japanese target, July 24, 1945. (AP Phot...