Generals

President Harry S. Truman (on steps, left) and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (on steps, right) surrounded by photographers and newsreel cameras as they shake hands outside the White House.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery on the White House lawn (right).

President Harry S. Truman (left), on the White House lawn, shaking hands with Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (right).

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery on the White House lawn standing before a microphone. Also present is White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (second from right in front of hedge).

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery (left) with a U.S. Army officer, probably Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins.

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, during his visit with President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right, head lowered) and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (in foreground, left) chatting with others on the White House lawn, probably reporters. Motion picture photographers capture the event.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Arlington National Cemetery, saluting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery (right), Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (left), on the White House lawn, shaking hands with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.