Distance view of President Harry S. Truman attending the burial of twenty soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. These twenty were the first war dead now returned to be buried in the United States. The three chaplains leading the funeral services are: Major Henry Tavel; Colonel Patrick J. Ryan; and Captain J.F. Hughes.
James Forrestal is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Chief Justice Fred Vinson, while the top ranking civilian officials and military personnel witness the ceremony. Left to right are General Dwight D. Eisenhower, John L. Sullivan, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Senator Stuart Symington, Major General Alfred M. Gruenther, and Thomas J. Hargrave.
At the White House in Washington, D.C., General Dwight D. Eisenhower met with President Truman in a highly-secret conference on military affairs and the speed-up of Western European re-armament. The General said he has no presidential aspirations "just now." (Similar to 78-569). This is a 14" x 16" oversize photo on heavy card stock. From: Office of President Truman.
President Harry S. Truman (left), accompanied by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (center), chats with Brigadier General Doyle O. Hickey, before reviewing troops at Neu-Isenburg, Germany. President Truman is in Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. General Hickey is the Commanding General of the Third Armored Division, Seventh Army. From Potsdam album, 1945