Armed forces officers

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Winston Churchill (left) leave Washington for Missouri where Winston Churchill will speak on foreign policy at Westminster College. Standing behind Mr. Churchill is Major General Harry Vaughan. The man behind Truman is unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.

Army and Navy Chiefs are attending memorial services for the late General S. Patton, Jr. Seated in the foreground are General Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie (Mrs. Dwight) Eisenhower. Seated in the row behind them is Admiral Chester Nimitz. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

A delegation of four amputees (all unidentified) representing those at Thomas M. England Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey visit with Major General Harry Vaughan (seated, center), President Harry S. Truman's Military Aide. They are visiting with General Vaughan at the White House to protest the closing of the Army's largest amputation center. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

High British Officers of wartime British Joint Staff Mission receive medals from President Harry S. Truman (center in civilian dress). From left to right in the front are Marshal Douglas Colyer, General Sir Gordon N. Macready, President Truman, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville. From left to right in the second row are Admiral Williams D. Leahy, Admiral Ernest J. King, General George C. Marshall, General Thomas Handy, and General Ira Eaker.

President Harry S. Truman (center) presents the National Geographic Society Medal to General Henry H. Arnold (left). Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor (right), President of the National Geographic Society, looks on. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with General Carl A. Spaatz (right). President Truman is congratulating General Spaatz for winning the Robert J. Collier Trophy for an outstanding contribution to aviation by an American. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman greets the General Joao Batista Mascarenhas de Moraes, General of the Brazilian Expeditionary Forces in Italy, during his two week visit in the United States. Front row, left to right: President Truman, General de Moraes, and Ambassador Carlos Martins of Brazil. Back row, left to right: General Zenobio de Costa and Air Brigadier Antonio Appel Netto. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (center left) shakes hands with General Lewis B. Hershey (center right) while thanking members of the Selective Service. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Members of the Military Order of the World Wars presented President Harry S. Truman with an insignia making him an Honorary Past Commander-in-Chief in the Order, as well as Life Membership certificate. President Truman was already a member of the Kansas City Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars. From left to right: Major E. Kemper Carter, Captain Arthur Brookfield, Admiral William H. Stamon, President Truman, Commander David Sholtz, General George C. Marshall, and Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (left center) enters the High Commissioner's Residence near Manila, Philippines, where the war crime trial will be held. Major Aubrey S. Kenworthy (right center) walks General Yamashita through a Military Police guard detail shorty before arraignment. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.