Generals

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (third from left) and several unidentified individuals at the Washington, D.C. airport. The man second from the right may be Under Secretary of State Joseph Grew.

President Harry S. Truman (center) reading the citation for General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Distinguished Service Medal, while the General (right) and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (left) look on. Others in the crowd are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) shaking hands with General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) after awarding him the Distinguished Service Medal. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (left) and the crowd observe the ceremony.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and General George C. Marshall (right) in the back of a jeep, waving to the crowd at the Washington, D.C. airport. Others are unidentified.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower talking to General George C. Marshall at the Washington airport, with their wives beside them. In center, from left to right: Mrs. Katherine Marshall, General Marshall, General Eisenhower, and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower. Others are unidentified.

Foreground, from left to right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, his wife Mamie, and General George C. Marshall at the Washington, D.C. airport.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left), accompanied by his son, John S. D. Eisenhower, wave to a crowd as they prepare to board an Army airplane.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (second from left) with a group of unidentified persons, probably at the Washington, D.C. airport.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower wearing the Distinguished Service Medal in front of a group of spectators. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower is at the extreme left. Others are unidentified.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower smiling in the back of a limousine after the General received the Distinguished Service Medal in Washington, D.C.