Armed forces officers

The American Legion - Veterans Administration feud came to an end when the National Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith (right) paid a "good-will visit" to General Omar Bradley, head of the Veterans Administration. The pair are shown here shaking hands with Griffith saying "the Legion will start from scratch." From: Beth Gore

New physician to President Truman is Col. Wallace Harry Graham, shown at the White House. From: Beth Gore

Portrait of Col. Wallace Graham, recently appointed President Truman's personal doctor. From: Beth Gore

From left to right, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, General Harry H. Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, and Chairman Carter Barron stand together at the Inaugural Gala. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

General H. H. Arnold (right) turns over the command of the Air Force to General Carl Spaatz.

President Truman appointed General Philip B. Fleming to head a new agency which will be known as the Office of Temporary Controls. The order consolidates the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the Office of Price Administration, the Civilian Production Administration, and the Office of Economic Stabilization into the new agency. From: Beth Gore

Informal photo of Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, who was named to head the new Office of Temporary Controls. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman chats with General Douglas MacArthur after stepping off the presidential plane, The Independence, at Wake Island for a historic conference on Communist aggression in the Far East and restoration of peace in war-torn Korea. On the left is Charles Ross, the President's Press Secretary. From: Gordon B. Cone

Former President Harry S. Truman, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, visiting his old World War I unit, the 35th National Guard Division from Missouri and Kansas, in summer training. He is handed the American flag by a member of the color guard. The officers in the photo are unidentified. Donor: William H. Conway, Jr., Kansas City, MO.

Former President Harry S. Truman was greeted by Army personnel as he arrived at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, to visit his old World War I unit, the 35th National Guard Division from Missouri and Kansas, in summer training. The soldiers in the photo are unidentified. Donor: William H. Conway, Jr., Kansas City, MO.