Generals

President Harry S. Truman (left) at National Airport preparing to leave for a trip to the West coast of the United States. With him is General Dwight Eisenhower (right). Others are unidentified.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center) talking with unidentified persons at the Washington, D.C. airport. The man on the right may be Under Secretary of State Joseph Grew.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) at the Washington, D.C. airport. Others in the photo are unidentified.

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.