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President Harry S. Truman at Wake Island

President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech and presenting a Distinguished Service Medal to General Douglas MacArthur. In the foreground, from left to right, facing the camera: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Robert Landry, Admiral Arthur Radford (partly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley, General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, David Bell, General Wallace, Graham, and Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

Governor Hastie Greets Truman

President Harry S. Truman (left) is greeted by Governor William Hastie (second from left) as he leaves his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, for a tour of the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Standing in the background are, from left to right: William Hassett (wearing bow tie), Captain Robert Dennison, General Wallace Graham (mostly obscured by Krug), Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Chair of the Municipal Council of St. Thomas Mr. Roy Gordon, and Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured by Gordon). All others are unidentified. Truman visited St.

Harry Vaughan, Wallace Graham, and others at a dinner in Berkeley, California

A group at a dinner in Berkeley, California, during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the West Coast. Front row, left to right, are Albert Kam Chow (unofficial mayor of San Francisco's Chinatown), Harry Vaughan, Dr. Wallace Graham, Myra Houck, Myrtle Bergheim, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. The second row, across the table, are Captain Robert Dennison (partly visible), Colonel Robert Landy, Rose Conway, and Matthew Connelly. (Same as 96-122) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Truman Throws First Ball 1951 Opener

President Harry S. Truman prepares to throw the first pitch at the 1951 opening game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. In the first row are, from left to right: two unidentified men, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris, Senators President Clark Griffith, and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing behind and between Griffith and Stengel is United States Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson.

Lunch at the Department of Interior

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

President Truman with Dean Acheson in Oval Office

President Harry S. Truman (second from the left, back to camera) at his desk in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), discussing Acheson's meetings with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign and defense ministers in Brussels. Standing on the left near the lamp is White House Receptionist William Simmons. All the photographers gathered around the front of the desk are unidentified.