Abbie Rowe

Margaret Truman in a White House broadcast for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (March of Dimes). Seated, left to right: Lady Inverchapel, Margaret Truman, Roberta (Mrs. Fred) Vinson. Standing, left to right: Lady Balfour, Mrs. John Baker, and Mrs. Ralph Edwards.

President Harry S. Truman in the oval office with four men who received the Medal of Merit. L to R: W. John Kenney, Undersecretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; President Truman; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back on the left is Admiral William D. Leahy. Standing in the back on the right is Eben Ayers. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (middle, third from the right) presenting Medal of Merit to top officials. Standing with President Truman are (from left to right) W. John Kenney, Under-Secretary of Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back row are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left); Secretary of State George Marshall (fifth from left); and Admiral William D. Leahy (sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

The children of Under Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan in the Oval Office while their fathers receive the Medal of Merit from President Harry S. Truman. Secretary of State George Marshall is on the far right. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) presenting Medal of Merit to John L. Sullivan (right), Secretary of the Navy. With the President and Secretary Sullivan are Mr. Sullivan's family: children Patricia, Charles, and Deborah, and his wife Priscilla. Standing on the right in the background is General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) with Medal of Merit recipient W. John Kenney (right), Under Secretary of the Navy and his family. With Mr. Kenney are his children Elinor M., Priscilla, and David, and his wife, Elinor (second from the right).

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) with the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal in a ceremony at the Pentagon.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in the Oval Office with members of the National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency. Standing, left to right: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom Clark, Oscar Ewing, G. Howland Shaw, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank Weil, and John W. Andrews.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in the oval office with members of the National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency to sign a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." Standing, left to right: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom Clark, Oscar Ewing, G. Howland Shaw, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank Weil, and John Andrews.

General Dwight Eisenhower swears in General Omar Bradley as Chief of Staff of the U. S. Army in a ceremony at the Pentagon. From left to right: unidentified, General Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Bradley.