Armed forces officers

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.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (with arrow above him) at his arraignment at the High Commissioners Residence near Manila, Philippines. Others in the photo are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Colonel Walsh (left) and Brother Jose Marjabacas (right) look at the remains of the Father Superior of the Philippines. The Father Superior was shot by the Japanese while trying to escape from a tomb in which a number of priests and sisters were held. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (center) shakes hands with General George C. Marshall. Also pictured is Mrs. Stimson on the left. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.