International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman sits in the new 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor Sedan that Henry Ford II presented to him at the White House. This is the first American car built for civilian use since February of 1942. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (left center) enters the High Commissioner's Residence near Manila, Philippines, where the war crime trial will be held. Major Aubrey S. Kenworthy (right center) walks General Yamashita through a Military Police guard detail shorty before arraignment. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Yamashita (with arrow above him) at his arraignment at the High Commissioners Residence near Manila, Philippines. Others in the photo are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman dines at the 1945 Pemiscot County Fair in Caruthersville, Missouri. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Charles Ross, an unidentified man, and President Truman. Those standing in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Colonel Walsh (left) and Brother Jose Marjabacas (right) look at the remains of the Father Superior of the Philippines. The Father Superior was shot by the Japanese while trying to escape from a tomb in which a number of priests and sisters were held. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis (right) and Bituminous Operators Group Chairman Ezra Van Horn (left) meet with Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach (center) in the Labor Department. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Boyington (right) of the United States Marine Corps the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) autographs a baseball for Private First Class Paul E. Davis (right), the first American soldier in Tokyo, Japan. Davis caught the baseball at the World Series. Also pictured is the newly elected Commander-in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph M. Stack (center). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman greets the President of Chile, Senor Don Juan Antonio Rios, at the White House during an official visit to the United States. From left to right: President Truman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and President Rios. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) awards Sergeant William G. Harrell (right), of the United States Marine Corps Reserves, the Congressional Medal of Honor during a ceremony at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.