Naval officers

Admiral Edwin Halsey (left) and two unidentified military officers in the Pentagon Court at a ceremony where President Harry S. Truman presented retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal.

General George C. Marshall (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he received an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman. On the left is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (second woman from left). Seated behind Marshall is Secretary of War Henry Stimson (left) and President Truman (right). Seated on the right are Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (right of Truman) an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. On the left are Secretary of State James Byrnes (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left) and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (fifth from left). On the right of Marshall, from left to right are Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (walking toward Tomb) laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Behind him are: President Harry S. Truman and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (front row, left to right); Major General Harry Vaughan and Admiral William Leahy (second row, left to right); Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (third row, left to right, Byrnes partly obscured); and British Ambassador Lord Halifax.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy. Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (obscured by Vaughan). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Front row, left to right: President Truman; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Second row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan; Admiral William Leahy (partly obscured by King). Third row, left to right: Lieutenant Clark Clifford and Secretary of State James Byrnes (partly obscured by Attlee). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) and President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile (front row, left), stand at attention during welcoming ceremonies for Rios. President Truman's military aide, Harry Vaughan, is on the far left. Captain James Vardaman is in the second row behind Truman. Others are unidentified.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (left foreground), during a presentation of a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) to Nimitz. Others looking on include the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal (third from the left, second row); General George C. Marshall (fourth from left); Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Admiral Nimitz); Margaret Truman (fourth from right, in background); other members of the Nimitz family and other unidentified officials.