Cabinet officers

Staff members of the War Food Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture pose for a photograph in front of a building. Among those present are Marvin Jones (front row, fifth from left); Grover Hill (front row, sixth from left); Charles Brannan (front row, fourth from right); Norris Dodd (second row, sixth from left); Dennis A. Fitzgerald (front row, second from right); Oris V. Wells (back row, second from right); and Ralph Will (back row, seventh from right). All others are unidentified.

United States Department of Agriculture officials pose for photograph. Ralph R. Will is third from the left in the front row and T. Roy Reid is fifth from the left in the front row. All others are unidentified.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair (second from left) visits with Mr. and Mrs. Baldomero J. Lopez and son, Joseph (right), of Tampa, Florida, following the presentation of the Medal of Honor for their son, First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez, who was killed in Korea.

President Harry S. Truman is standing 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.

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.