Generals

Top U. S. officials held a lengthy conference with the President on the Berlin situation. Left to right: Undersecretary of Army William H. Draper, Jr.; General Lucius D. Clay; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. From: Beth Gore

General Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service, today presented the Selective Service Medal for outstanding services, to Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right).

Mark W. Clark (right), General of the Commanding Army of the American Forces in Italy, visits with an unidentified man (far left). The woman between them is probably Mrs. Clark. From: Beth Gore.

An airbrushed portrait of General Mark W. Clark. From: Beth Gore.

General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, telling the House Armed Services Committee that the Army General Staff has dealt "A severe and telling blow" to national security in its efforts to cripple the Corps as a fighting force. He said the blow at their service was planned more than four years ago by General J. Lawton Collins, now Army Chief of Staff. From: Beth Gore.

Meeting of General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry S. Truman (left) at Wake Island. The General told President Truman there was little danger of Chinese attack here. This is an 11 x 14 photo of this historic meeting.

President Harry S. Truman congratulates an unidentified man who has received a medal or merit during a ceremony on the White House lawn at the Rose Garden. Gen. Harry Vaughan is shown over the shoulder of the President, at right. Other staff and friends look on.

Copy of a photo General William T. Sherman. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman by William Marsh of Jacksonville, Florida.

A picture of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson sent to President Harry S. Truman by Mary Fry of Scarsdale, New York.

In Germany for the Potsdam conference, President Harry S. Truman, reading a newspaper in the back seat of an automobile, speaks to General Dwight D. Eisenhower standing by the open back door. From: Francis D. Peterson