International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman and Prime Minister Clement Attlee say goodbye outside the White House. Others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman is standing outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) and their family members. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, Private Gino J. Merli, Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh), Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., and Lieutenant Carlton Rouh. Left to right, second row: unknown, General George Marshall, President Truman, General Alexander A. Vandegrift, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Reporters scramble for the phones after White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (not pictured) announced that the Swiss had not as yet received a reply from the Japanese. During the rush, one of the first reporters to reach the door fell, and the others narrowly avoided piling up in the doorway. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) examines a report as Joseph E. Davies (left), Admiral William D. Leahy (center standing), and Harry Hopkins (right) watch. Hopkins and Davis were guests of the President for breakfast and gave reports. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Dignitaries are applauding during Medal of Honor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House: (front row, from left to right) Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; General Henry "Hap" Arnold. Behind General Arnold is General Omar Bradley. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) gets a report on bombing of Japan from Secretary of War Henry Stimson (right) upon his return from the Potsdam Conference. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Margaret Truman and Captain Everett Walk practice a Virginia Reel while rehearsing for a Pan American Union party the following evening. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (center) talks to Harry Hopkins (right) while Admiral William D. Leahy (left) looks on. A breakfast guest of President Truman, Hopkins presented a report to the president. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden (right) shake hands during a meeting at the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (sitting) meets with the "Big Four" Congressional leaders from Capitol Hill for the first time after taking office. Standing from left to right are: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, and House Majority Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.