Naval officers

President Juan Antonio Rios (front row, left) of Chile, President Harry S. Truman (front row, right), and others standing at attention during the welcoming ceremonies for Rios at the White House. Truman's Naval Aide, Captain James Vardaman is behind Truman; Secretary of State James Byrnes can be seen in the background between President Rios and President Truman. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) shaking hands with Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right) after presenting him with a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House, as Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz) and others look on.

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.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) after decorating him with a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Looking on are Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left, in second row), General George C. Marshall (fourth from left), Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right) and others.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) giving Admiral Chester Nimitz (right foreground) a Gold Star (in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Mrs. Catherine Nimitz (between Truman and Nimitz), Margaret Truman (third from right, background), and several unidentified people look on.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) and Admiral Chester Nimitz (foreground, second from left) entering the Rose Garden at the White House. Others are unidentified.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (right) with his wife, Catherine Nimitz, (center) and an unidentified person standing on the speaker's platform in front of a model battleship during ceremonies honoring Nimitz. The ceremony took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (third from left) waving his hat to the crowd from the speaker's platform in front of a model battleship with his wife, Catherine Nimitz (center) and an unidentified person. They are attending an event on the Mall in Washington, D.C., honoring Nimtiz's return to the United States from World War II.

Admiral Chester Nimitz (third from left) shakes hands with an unidentified dignitary on the speaker's platform in front of a model battleship with his wife, Catherine Nimitz (center) looking on at ceremonies on the mall in Washington, D.C. honoring the Admiral.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman greet representatives of a foreign nation at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City for delegates to the United Nations General Assembly which is convening for the first time in the United States. Left to right in the receiving line: James H. Foskett, Naval Aide to the President; Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Major General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President. The others are unidentified. From: Truman Home.