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Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008

Nimitz speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.

Truman reading the citation for Nimitz's medal

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.

Truman shaking hands with Nimitz after decorating him in the Rose Garden of the White House

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) after decorating him with a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Looking on are Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left, in second row), General George C. Marshall (fourth from left), Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right) and others.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman Preparing to Take Oath of Office

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Mrs. Truman and Margaret arrive for vacation

Major General Harry H. Vaughan and Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison met Mrs. Bess Truman and Ms. Margaret Truman at the railroad station in Miami, FL, and accompanied them on an automobile drive to Key West where they joined the President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House. Left to right: Major General Vaughan, Mrs. Truman, Ms. Margaret Truman, and Rear Admiral Dennison. From: Robert L. Dennison.