Award presentations

President Harry S. Truman (right center) shaking hands with retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall (left center) and presenting him with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal in the Pentagon Court. The second woman from the left in the background is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaking to a crowd in the Pentagon Court at a ceremony in which he awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal of retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. Standing on the left, from left to right, are: Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (in second row), unidentified woman, and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall.

The military band and a group of spectators in the Pentagon Court on the occasion of President Harry S. Truman awarding retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal.

A crowd in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony where President Harry S. Truman awarded retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal.

Admiral Edwin Halsey (left) and two unidentified military officers in the Pentagon Court at a ceremony where President Harry S. Truman presented retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with General George C. Marshall (right foreground) after awarding the General an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal on the occasion of the General's retirement as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with General George C. Marshall (right foreground) and presenting him with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal in the Pentagon Court. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.

General George C. Marshall (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he received an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman. On the left is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (second woman from left). Seated behind Marshall is Secretary of War Henry Stimson (left) and President Truman (right). Seated on the right are Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (right of Truman) an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. On the left are Secretary of State James Byrnes (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left) and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (fifth from left). On the right of Marshall, from left to right are Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal of the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (far right). Standing along the left are, from left to right: unidentified, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (second row), unidentified woman, and Katherine (Mrs.