Cabinet officers

New Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson (left) is congratulated by the outgoing Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (right) who has just received the Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) In center back is General Jacob L. Devers. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (right) sign the United Nations Charter. The charter was ratified by the United States Senate while the two men were abroad attending the Potsdam Conference. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, is with several fellow guests at the 1946 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. From left to right: unidentified man, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Matthew Connelly, unidentified man, unidentified girl, Irma (Mrs. Robert E.) Hannegan. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Fred Vinson (left) and Matt Connelly (right) shake hands across a desk. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Press Secretary Charles Ross (center) and Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (left) talk to an unidentified man (right). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman is standing outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) and their family members. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, Private Gino J. Merli, Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh), Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., and Lieutenant Carlton Rouh. Left to right, second row: unknown, General George Marshall, President Truman, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the 1946 annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. Front row, left to right: Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Henry Wallace, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, and Joseph E. Davies. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Postmaster General Frank C. Walker sells the first sheet of the 3-cent postage stamp of the Roosevelt Memorial Series to former Secretary of State Cordell Hull. From left to right: Walker, Joseph J. Lawler (third assistant Postmaster General), Hull, and Mrs. Frances Hull. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Dignitaries are applauding during Medal of Honor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House: (front row, from left to right) Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; General Henry "Hap" Arnold. Behind General Arnold is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr. the Congressional Medal of Honor as Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (left) and others look on. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.