Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (right foreground) pressing a button to light the National Community Christmas Tree on the grounds of the White House. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) on the occasion of the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the grounds of the White House, flanked by several unidentified people and General Harry Vaughan, his Military Aide (behind the President's left shoulder).

President Harry S. Truman (right center) shaking hands with retiring Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall (left center) and presenting him with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal in the Pentagon Court. The second woman from the left in the background is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaking to a crowd in the Pentagon Court at a ceremony in which he awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal of retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. Standing on the left, from left to right, are: Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (in second row), unidentified woman, and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with General George C. Marshall (right foreground) after awarding the General an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal on the occasion of the General's retirement as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (left foreground) shaking hands with General George C. Marshall (right foreground) and presenting him with an Oak Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal in the Pentagon Court. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.

General George C. Marshall (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he received an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman. On the left is Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (second woman from left). Seated behind Marshall is Secretary of War Henry Stimson (left) and President Truman (right). Seated on the right are Major General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Marshall was retiring as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (right of Truman) an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal. On the left are Secretary of State James Byrnes (second from left); Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (third from left) and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall (fifth from left). On the right of Marshall, from left to right are Harry Vaughan, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Clark Clifford. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaking in the Pentagon Court during a ceremony at which he awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal of the retiring Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall (far right). Standing along the left are, from left to right: unidentified, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (second row), unidentified woman, and Katherine (Mrs.

Photograph of Hollywood celebrities posing with the Truman family in the East Room of the White House: (front row, left to right) Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton; (second row, left to right) Jo Stafford, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, Lucy Monroe, William Bendix, Reginald Gardiner, Sgt. Harvey Stone, Charles Coburn.