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Portrait photograph of General Walter Bedell Smith, after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Russia. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Gerald L. K. Smith, head of the American First Party, asking the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate Walter Winchell, Eddie Cantor, Frank Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman and Edward G. Robinson. "I am just an old-fashioned, Bible-believing, Christ-loving American," he said. From: Beth Gore.

Photograph of John D. Small, Civilian Production Administrator. From: Beth Gore.

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

Photo of Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik after he resigned his diplomatic post in protest over the Communist coup in his homeland. Slavik, shown here at a press conference, said he was convinced that President Edouard Benes "acted under terrible pressure and duress" during the Communist coup. From: Beth Gore.

While a moving van is backed up to the door to take away the personal belongings of his family, Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik leaves the Embassy in Washington for other quarters after resigning his diplomatic post in protest over the Communist coup in his homeland. From: Beth Gore.

Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik shown leaving the Embassy in Washington after he resigned his diplomatic post in protest over the Communist Coup in his homeland. From: Beth Gore.

Photograph of Hon. Juraj Slavik, recently named Ambassador to the United States from Czechoslovakia. He succeeds Vladimir Hurban. From: Beth Gore.

In a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, President Harry S. Truman awards Marine Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., 22, of Henderson, KY, with the Medal of Honor. Skaggs lost a leg in combat when he was seriously injured but continued to return enemy fire with a rifle and hand grenades for eight hours before receiving medical attention. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal is on the right. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman awards the Medal of Honor to 1st Lt. Edward A. Silk, Combat Infantry Officer from Johnstown, PA on the South Lawn of the White House. Silk received the award for bravery when he singlehandedly eliminated an enemy stronghold in a farmhouse in Germany. From: Beth Gore