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Scene of soldiers marching past the reviewing stand at Armed Forces Day parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of uniformed men and women holding American flags marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of military band marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Street scene of soldiers marching in the Armed Forces Day Parade. President Harry S. Truman is seated under the shelter on the reviewing stand, third from the right.

Scene of uniformed women marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of soldiers driving in a jeep in the Armed Forces Day Parade, taken from back of reviewing stand. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (slightly behind Truman), General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (slightly behind Eisenhower). All others are unidentified.

Color guard passing the reviewing stand during the Armed Forces Day parade. Standing in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of military band marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Standing in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Representative John McCormack, Senator Scott Lucas, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn in consultation during their regular Monday morning meeting. This photo won third prize in the presidential class of the White House Photographer's Association contest in February, 1950. It is by New York Times photographer George Tames, and is entitled "Straight from the Boss."

President Truman on the White House grounds, stopping to smell the flowers. This is an award winning photograph by female photographer Marion Carpenter.