Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents the Collier Trophy to Lewis A. Rodert, chief of the flight research section of the Cleveland Laboratory on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He earned the trophy for his work in developing de-icing technology for airplanes.

President Harry S. Truman congratulates Admiral Chester W. Nimitz after a ceremony in the White house awarding Nimitz a Gold Star in lieu of earning a fourth Distinguished Service Medal. From Left to Right; President Harry S. Truman, Catherine F. Nimitz, Chester W. Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John L. Sullivan. Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right: General Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Omar Bradley. General Eisenhower is swearing in General Bradley as the new Army Chief of Staff.

From left to right, Secretary of the Defense James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark and President Harry S. Truman share a laugh after the President arrived home at the National Airport from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman leaves a historical building in Williamsburg, Virginia, an early English colony restored to its 18th century appearance during the Canadian-American Day Convocation ceremonies at the College of William and Mary. Several unidentified women in period costumes are standing with him. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a toy target gun from Major General A. C. McAuliffe (right) on behalf the Field Artillery Association. The presentation occurred in President Truman's Oval Office.

President Harry S. Truman (left) visits Charles Corte (right), an Acme Newspictures photographer, at Georgetown Hospital after unveiling a plaque in honor of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

President Harry S. Truman discuses national aviation policy in his office with members of the Air Policy Commission. From Left to Right; Palmer Hoyt, George P. Baker, John A. McCone, President Truman, S. Paul Johnston, Thomas K. Finletter, and Arthur D. Whitesides.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with wounded veterans from the Washington area during a garden party at the White House. Over 800 veterans attended the event. President Truman is shaking hands with Army Nurse Lieutenant Joan Cruchacz. Standing in the receiving line from left to right: unidentified woman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets Secretary of State George Marshall with other members of his Cabinet upon his return form the London Foreign Ministers Conference. From left to right; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, Attorney General Tom Clark (background, mostly obscured) and Secretary Marshall.