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War Food Administration and United States Department of Agriculture Staff

The staff of the War Food Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture pose for a photograph. Among those identified are Norris Dodd (second row, sixth from the left); Grover Hill (front row, fifth from left); Marvin Jones (front row, sixth from left); Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard (front row, seventh from left); and Ralph Will (back row, sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

Flight to St. Croix, Virgin Islands

United States officials prepare to board a plane. They are en route to St. Croix, Virgin Islands on a Pan American flight to attend a meeting on agricultural problems of the islands and the Virgin Islands Company. At the top of the stairs, left is Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan. In the second row on the stairs, reaching down to shake hands with an unidentified man, is Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Ralph Will is standing on the ground, far right. Also present is Mason Barr (exact position unknown). All others are unidentified.

United States Delegation at the Colosseum, Rome, Italy

Members of a delegation of United States officials pose for a photograph inside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, From left to right: Senator Hugh Butler; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Mr. Stuart Symington, Assistant Secretary of War for Air; and Representative George P. Miller. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.

President Harry S. Truman Awards the Medal of Honor

President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., of Henderson, Kentucky. This award was presented to this soldier and three others this day at a ceremony on the White House grounds. PFC Skaggs kept fighting for eight hours in the Guam landing, July, 1944, despite serious wounds which later cost him his left leg. Standing next to President Truman is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Families

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) their family members, and military officials. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, United States Marine Corps, North Quincy and Wollaston, Massachusetts; Private First Class Gino J. Merli, United States Army, Peckville, Pennsylvania; Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh); Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., United States Marine Corps, Henderson and Brownsville, Kentucky; and First Lieutenant Carlton Rouh, United States Marine Corps, Lindenwold, New Jersey.

President Harry S. Truman Presents Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Lloyd Burke

At a ceremony at the White House, President Harry S. Truman is shown presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor to U.S. Army First Lieutenant Lloyd L. Burke, Stuttgart, Arkansas. This award was given for his bravery displayed during the Korean War. Burke's son, Gary Lee, on the right, is being held by the honoree's mother, Mrs. Betty M. Burke. Lt. Burke's wife, Virginia, is standing directly behind him. Others watching the ceremony standing in the back include left to right: General Omar N.

President Harry S. Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Recipient

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from left) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to World War II veteran Colonel Justice M. Chambers, United States Marine Corps Reserve for gallant action on Iwo Jima, February, 1945. Also present are Secretary of Defense George Marshall (front row, left); Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews, front row, far right; Marine Commandant General Clifton B. Cates, second row, second from the right; and Presidential Military Aide Harry Vaughan standing in background on far left.

President Truman Shakes Hands With Medal of Honor Recipients

President Harry S. Truman congratulates three soldiers who fought in the Korean War after he presented them with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. From left to right: Marine Master Sergeant Harold E. Wilson, Birmingham, Alabama; President Truman; Army Lieutenant Lloyd L. Burke, Stuttgart, Arkansas; and Army Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez, Fowler, California. Various unidentified family members present at the ceremony stand directly behind them. Those identified on the back top row include, from left to right: General Omar N.