U.S. Army

In his office, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (second from left) presents the Certificate of Appreciation, the highest award of the Department of Defense for civilian service, to Assistant Secretary of Defense Marx Leva (third from left), whose resignation was accepted by President Truman on April 12, 1951. Witnessing the presentation are Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett (extreme left) and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley (extreme right), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Portrait of General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, who met with President Harry S. Truman on October 4, 1949, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when the President visited this installation to review airborne maneuvers as well as to review 20,000 troops and inspect new artillery weapons.

Left to right: Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, President Harry S. Truman, and Generalissimo Joseph Stalin of Russia, sitting in the garden at Potsdam in front of a barrage of cameras. Fourth from the left of those standing is General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to Truman. From: Kirke B. Lawton, Major General, United States Army.

A.B. Einig and Earl Shaner, Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission, relax in Berlin, Germany. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Colonel Barnes and General Harry Vaughan. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

Portrait of General J. Lawton Collins; photograph is autographed to Col. Francis Williams.

Autographed photograph of President Truman seated at his desk (same as photo 58-42), signed as follows: "To the Crew of the Independence with appreciation and kindest regards. Harry S. Truman." Photograph in oversize file.

Officers of the 129th Field Artillery back from France, in Camp Mills, New York. Harry S. Truman is seated second from left. Photo is tattered and creased. Original photograph is in oversize file. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

A group photograph of Battery C, 35th Division, "Back from France." They are at Camp Mills, New York. Photo is tattered and creased. Original photograph is in oversize file. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

A signed portrait photograph of President Harry S. Truman. The signature reads "To Maj. Frank Gatteri with appreciation for a good photograph, Harry S. Truman". This photo was used as the official campaign photo for the 1948 campaign. See also 58-486 or 59-1534 for non-autographed photo of same. The original photograph is 20x24 and stored in vault. From: Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer.