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President Harry S. Truman with Retiring Secret Service Officer

President Harry S. Truman (left) talks with retiring Secret Service agent James E. Sloan, Jr. (right). Original caption: James E. Sloan, Jr., (Jimmy to his many newspaper friends), who while with the Secret Service guarded Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Truman, said goodbye to the White House on this date, ending 32 years of duty. He is shown here with President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. From: Beth Gore

The Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game

In the Presidential box at the Navy-Penn State football game. Front row, left to right: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Gwyneth (Mrs. Aubrey W.) Fitch; President Harry S. Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second Row. General Wallace Graham; R. D. Hetzel, President of Penn State; General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; and Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Truman and U. S. District Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Washington, leaving the Blair House

President Truman (left) and U. S. District Judge Lewis B. Schwellenbach (right) of Washington, leaving the Blair House after they had lunched there. Judge Schwellenbach, an old friend of President Truman's, was said to be in line for a high Government post. They are being followed, left to right, by an unidentified Secret Service agent, agent John Walker, and General Harry Vaughan. From: Beth Gore