Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (center) takes an inspection tour of the USS Missouri on Navy Day in New York City, New York. Left to right: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman, and Captain Stuart S. Murray, commanding officer of the USS Missouri. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Members of the Military Order of the World Wars presented President Harry S. Truman with an insignia making him an Honorary Past Commander-in-Chief in the Order, as well as Life Membership certificate. President Truman was already a member of the Kansas City Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars. From left to right: Major E. Kemper Carter, Captain Arthur Brookfield, Admiral William H. Stamon, President Truman, Commander David Sholtz, General George C. Marshall, and Colonel Edwin S. Bettelheim, Jr.

President Harry S. Truman sits in the new 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor Sedan that Henry Ford II presented to him at the White House. This is the first American car built for civilian use since February of 1942. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman dines at the 1945 Pemiscot County Fair in Caruthersville, Missouri. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Charles Ross, an unidentified man, and President Truman. Those standing in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Boyington (right) of the United States Marine Corps the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) autographs a baseball for Private First Class Paul E. Davis (right), the first American soldier in Tokyo, Japan. Davis caught the baseball at the World Series. Also pictured is the newly elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph M. Stack (center). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman greets the President of Chile, Senor Don Juan Antonio Rios, at the White House during an official visit to the United States. From left to right: President Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and President Rios. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (right) awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Corporal Desmond Doss (left), the first Conscientious Objector to receive a Medal of Honor, on the White House lawn. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Admiral William Leahy (right) enjoy the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns baseball game. Seated behind President Truman are Matthew Connelly and William Hassett. Seated behind Mr. Hassett is Senator Alben Barkley. Seated two rows behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Sergeant William G. Harrell (right), of the United States Marine Corps Reserves, the Congressional Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.