Naval officers

Officers of the U.S.S. Icarus, the Coast Guard cutter that captured a German submarine off the Atlantic coast are shown in Charleston, South Carolina.

President Harry S. Truman leaves the Memorial Chapel at Key West, Florida with his entourage, including Sidney W. Souers, third row, far right.

Big Three with staffs around the Conference table. President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Premier Joseph Stalin. Stalin is in white uniform; Truman and Attlee are seated in chairs with decorative carvings on the corners of the back. Others: Vyacheslav Molotov to the left of Stalin. Andrei Gromyko, James Byrnes, and Admiral William D. Leahy to Truman's right. Ernest Bevin in front foreground, back turned. Same as 63-1457-21.

President Truman is shown with Fleet Admiral William Leahy, (left) and William Hassett (right) during relaxation at Key West, Florida.

Sidney W. Souers (center, later Admiral Sidney Souers who became director of the CIA), is shown with Will Rogers, (far right) and another unidentified man in this early photograph. From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.

Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers (on podium), shakes hands with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who laid the cornerstone for the CIA's new 5 million dollar building. The present director, Allen Dulles, is on the right of the President, while Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, chaplain of the Senate, is on the platform behind Adm. Souers.

Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, USNR, at right, receives the Legion of Merit at a ceremony at the Navy Department. Assistant Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, left, makes the presentation for President Truman. The photograph is signed "To Admiral W. Souers, with kind regards and very best wishes John L. Sullivan."

A portrait of Admiral William D. Leahy, autographed with the following inscription, "To Rear Admiral and Mrs. Sidney W. Souers with appreciation - William D. Leahy."

Portrait of Admiral Sidney W. Souers, mounted on heavy board.

President Truman awards the Distinguished Service Medal to Sidney W. Souers for exceptionally meritorious service to the Government of the United States, July 1944 to November 1952. On the verso of the photographed is attached an autographed card reading, "To my good friend Sidney Souers with many thanks and great appreciation of his efficient service Harry S. Truman White House, Dec. 1, 1952." From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.