Chaplains, Military

President Truman is shown shaking hands with two little girls while members of the 35th Division look on. The President was in Omaha, Nebraska for the reunion and his western trip. Father Curtis Tiernan, former 35th Division Chaplain, is directly behind the President.

President Harry S. Truman talks to Lieutenant Colonel L. Curtis Tiernan of Kansas City, Missouri, Chaplain to U. S. forces in the European theater after church services in Berlin, Germany. The President is attending the Potsdam Conference and is reunited with his chaplain from World War I. Behind President Truman on the left is Major General Harry Vaughan. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Autographed sketch of Chaplain L. Curtis Tiernan, a Catholic priest who was Chaplain of Battery D during World War I and a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Lt. Curtis Tiernan (center), Chaplain, 129th Field Artillery, on a ship after World War One. Others are unidentified. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, Catholic chaplain on board the carrier the USS Franklin. Commander O'Callahan risked his life to administer last rites to the dying on board the USS Franklin after it was attacked by Japanese suicide planes during World War II.

President Harry S. Truman joins hands with two soldiers and two sailors who served during World War II and have just received the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: Sergeant John R. McKinney, Woodcliff, Georgia; First Lieutenant Daniel W. Lee, Alma, Georgia; President Truman; Lieutenant Donald A. Gary, Oakland, California; and Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, Navy Chaplain. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House.

Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan, right, of the United States Navy's Chaplain Corps is congratulated by President Harry S. Truman after the President awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor. This sailor Catholic priest, the first chaplain ever to receive the award, was cited for his efforts after the aircraft carrier USS Franklin was bombed near Japan in March, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman joins hands with two soldiers and two sailors who served during World War II and have just received the Congressional Medal of Honor. From left to right: Sergeant John R. McKinney, Woodcliff, Georgia; First Lieutenant Daniel W. Lee, Alma, Georgia; President Truman; Lieutenant Donald A. Gary, Oakland, California; and Commander Joseph T. O'Callahan. The ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House. The original photo has been retouched.

Overall banquet view of the head tables and mural behind at the Military Chaplain's Association twentieth annual convention held at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Principal speakers at the dinner included Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews, who is ninth from the left on the back row and General Mark W. Clark, Chief of the Army Field Forces, who is sixth from the right on the back row.

Overall banquet view of the head table and those attending the Military Chaplain's Association twentieth annual convention held at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Principal speakers at the dinner included Secretary of the Navy, Francis P. Matthews, who is seated at back table behind the microphone and General Mark W. Clark, Chief of the Army Field Forces who is seated second to the right of Secretary Matthews.