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Truman attending mass burial at Arlington

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman attending the burial of twenty soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. These twenty were the first war dead now returned to be buried in the United States. Standing in the group between the rows of caskets are, front row, from left to right: President Truman; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; unidentified. In the second row, standing behind President Truman are Admiral William D.

Truman at Arlington National Cemetery

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman attending the burial of twenty soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. These twenty were the first war dead now returned to be buried in the United States. Standing in the group between the rows of caskets are, front row, from left to right: President Truman; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; unidentified. In the second row, standing behind President Truman are Admiral William D.

Truman at Arlington National Cemetery, prior to wreath-laying ceremony

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) walking toward the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, prior to the wreath-laying ceremony. Walking behind President Truman are, from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; Major General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; and Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. Others are unidentified.

Truman and staff members at Arlington National Cemetery

President Harry S. Truman standing before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. A soldier is carrying a wreath for President Truman to place at the base of the Tomb. Behind President Truman are, from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; Major General Harry Vaughan; and Captain James Foskett, President Truman's Naval Aide. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at Arlington National Cemetery

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, standing directly across from the Tomb) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, after he has placed a wreath at the Tomb. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; Major General Harry Vaughan; and Captain James H. Foskett. Others are unidentified.

Truman at Arlington National Cemetery

President Harry S. Truman lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Standing behind Truman are, from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; Major General Harry Vaughan; and Captain James Foskett, President Truman's Naval Aide. All others are unidentified.

Members of Joint U.S.-British Conference on International Oil Resources

Members of a joint U.S.-British Conference on International Oil Resources that met for the initial exploratory session in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Sir William Brown, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B.E., Secretary of the Civil Defense Department and head of the British Delegation; Charles Raynor, U.S. State Department Chairman; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War (fifth); Commodore A.W. Clarke, Chief of Staff to British Admiralty Delegation to Washington (eleventh); Commodore A.F.

President Truman presents the Medal of Merit

President Harry S. Truman in the oval office with four men who received the Medal of Merit. L to R: W. John Kenney, Undersecretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; President Truman; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy. Standing in the back on the left is Admiral William D. Leahy. Standing in the back on the right is Eben Ayers. Others are unidentified.