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President Harry S. Truman (left) and Senator Harold Burton (right) shake hands the day after Senator Burton's appointment to be Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was confirmed by the United States Senate.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) is presented with a bust of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt by members of the Order of Ahepa. A larger version of the bust will be erected at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, New York. Those present are John G. Carzio, Harris J. Boras, and Achilles Caysonis. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Accused war criminal General Tomoyuki Yamashita (center) confers with his defense staff of United States Army Officers through an interpreter during his arraignment before an American Military Commission in Manila. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

New Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson (left) is congratulated by the outgoing Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (right) who has just received the Distinguished Service Medal from President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) In center back is General Jacob L. Devers. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Secretary of State James Byrnes (right) sign the United Nations Charter. The charter was ratified by the United States Senate while the two men were abroad attending the Potsdam Conference. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Fred Vinson (left) and Matt Connelly (right) shake hands across a desk. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents Sergeant Ralph G. Neppel (right) of Glidden, Iowa with the Congressional Medal of Honor. Neppel was awarded the medal after losing both legs in action on December 14 in Germany while ignoring a charging tank and killing 20 Germans who were assaulting his position. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Henry Ford II (right) presented President Harry S. Truman (second from right) with a new 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor Sedan by Henry Ford II at the White House, the first American car built for civilian use since February of 1942. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Reporters scramble about to get copies of a report on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that President Harry S. Truman released. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) waves his new "5" Star Beaver hat that he received from the Chief of Police of Phoenix, Arizona. A delegation from Maricopa County, Arizona met with President Truman at the White House to discuss a hospital program. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.