Bonnet, Henri, 1888-1978

President Harry S. Truman (left) standing next to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt accepting France's Medaille Militaire, France's highest military medal, posthumously to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was presented by French ambassador Henri Bonnet. The medal was presented at the French Embassy. Source, New York Times, 7-15-1947, p. 25.

Harry S. Truman attending a reunion of the 35th Division in Kansas City, Missouri. Admiral William D. Leahy is to the left of President Truman, and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet is to the right of President Truman. Original photograph is oversized.

The motorcade carrying Presidents Harry S. Truman and Vincent Auriol of France arrives at Blair House. French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet is seated in the car. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"

French Minister of National Defense Jules Moch (center) and French Ambassador to the United States Henri Bonnet (right) walking with an unidentified United States Army soldier to Secretary of the Army Frank Pace's reception for the visiting foreign Defense Ministers at Fort McNair.

Luncheon at the home of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during the visit of French President Vincent Auriol. Clockwise, from left: French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; unidentified; Arthur E. Demaray, Director, National Park Service; Helle (Mrs. Henri) Bonnet; former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau; and unidentified woman have lunch at Eleanor Roosevelt's residence, Val-Kill, during a visit to Hyde Park, New York. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President of France Vincent Auriol (foreground, left) places a wreath on the grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. Behind President Auriol, left to right: French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Also pictured: Elliott Roosevelt (fourth from right); and Minnewa (Mrs. Elliott) Roosevelt (fifth from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

French President Vincent Auriol (foreground) visits the grave of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New York. Pictured behind President Auriol: former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (front row, left); Michelle (Mrs. Vincent) Auriol (front row, obscured behind President Auriol). Second row: French Ambassador Henri Bonnet (left); French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (second from left); and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right). Third row: Helle (Mrs. Henri) Bonnet (left). Back row: Elliott Roosevelt (center). All others are unidentified.

President Vincent Auriol of France examines an album of color photographs depicting scenes of National Parks given to him by President Harry S. Truman. Pictured, left to right: President Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman. Special Assistant to the President W. Averell Harriman standing at left. All others unidentified.

President Truman, Cabinet members, and others on the reviewing stand for the welcoming of the President of France. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; Vice President Alben Barkley; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; President of France Vincent Auriol; Foreign Minister Robert Schuman; and District Commissioner John R. Young. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook