Naval officers

President Harry S. Truman (center) posing on the White House lawn with eight U.S. Navy officers from eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers receiving Presidential Unit Citations for their heroic service during World War II. The aircraft carriers honored were the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN. Others in the photo are unidentified.

A military band playing and troops standing at attention on the South Lawn of the White House, with the Washington Monument in the background, during a ceremony at which President Truman awarded Presidential Unit Citations to eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers honored were the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN.

Ceremony on the South Grounds of the White House in which President Harry S. Truman awarded the Presidential Unit Citations to eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for their heroic service during World War II. The aircraft carriers were the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN

President Harry S. Truman (center) on the White House lawn with eight United States Navy officers from eight aircraft carriers that received Presidential Unit Citations for their heroic service during World War II - the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN. Officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with eight U.S. Navy officers from eight aircraft carriers receiving Presidential Unit Citations for their heroic service during World War II (the BELLEAU WOOD, BUNKER HILL, CABOT, ESSEX, HORNET, LEXINGTON, SAN JACINTO, and YORKTOWN). Officers are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Admiral Marc Mitscher (right), commander of the 8th Fleet and wartime commander of Task Force 58, during a ceremony taking place at the White House in which President Truman awarded Presidential Unit Citations to eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for their heroic service during World War II.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left, in long overcoat) and other dignitaries standing in the rain, reviewing the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Nisei (Japanese-American) regiment.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) receiving a set of stamps honoring the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (foreground, left), while an unidentified man looks on. Man in background between Truman and unidentified man is Truman's military aide Harry Vaughan. Man in background to the right of Mr. Hannegan is Naval aide James Vardaman.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) receiving a set of stamps honoring the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt from Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (third from right), while an unidentified man looks on. In the background is Captain James Vardaman (third from left). All others unidentified.

Actor Charles Coburn with Admiral Chester Nimitz at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.