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President Harry S. Truman in the food line for lunch in the garden of the Little White House, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Pictured with (from left to right) George M. Elsey, unidentified steward (on near side of table), Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Legislative Assistant to the President Joseph Feeney, Admiral William D. Leahy, and President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center group, front) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center group, center) at Arlington National Cemetery, attending funeral services for former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt of the White House Police Force, who was killed while protecting President Truman from an assassination attempt on November 1. Walking behind President and Mrs. Truman are (left to right) General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, and physician General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

Leslie Coffelt standing in uniform, a White House guard and member of the White House police. Coffelt was killed by Griselio Torresola in front of Blair House during an assassination attempt on President Harry S. Truman, November 1, 1950.

The horse drawn cortege bearing the flag-draped coffin of former United States Army Private Leslie Coffelt, a White House policeman who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1,1950. Location is Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman, third from right, decorated the White House Police and Secret Service agents who prevented his assassination at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Left to right: Wounded policemen Private Joseph H. Downs and Private Donald Birdzell; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, whose department has jurisdiction over the White House Police and Secret Service; Cressie Coffelt, widow of the slain policeman Leslie Coffelt; Private Joseph O. Davidson; President Truman; and two Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Vincent P. Mroz.

Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of Private Leslie Coffelt during funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt, a member of the White House Police Force and formerly in the United States Army, was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. Pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (far right of coffin); Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right of coffin). All others unidentified.

White House Police Force members Private Joseph Downs, left, and Private Donald Birdzell, right, are shown seated in wheelchairs while recovering in a Washington, D.C. hospital. They were wounded protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt while he was staying at Blair House. Joseph Downs was hit in the chest, abdomen, and thigh; Donald Birdzell was shot in both legs.