Awards

First Lady Bess Truman awarded a Community Chest award and corsage from actress Ingrid Bergman, who was accompanied to the White House by Mrs. Elizabeth (Mrs. Waldron) Faulkner (left) and Leigh Ore, representative of the American Cancer Association.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, present the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, posing with the Cup and Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, present the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, presenting the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his group.

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.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shaking hands with Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right) after presenting him with a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House, as Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz) and others look on.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) after decorating him with a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Looking on are Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left, in second row), General George C. Marshall (fourth from left), Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right) and others.