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Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

President Truman Greets General George C. Marshall and William Pawley at the Little White House, Key West

Left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Harry S. Truman, General George C. Marshall and William Pawley, former ambassador to Brazil. They are in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 2012-584) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Armed Forces Day Proclamation

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) presents Secretary of Defense George Marshall (seated, right) with one of the pens he used in signing the proclamation declaring May 19 as Armed Forces Day. Standing, from left to right: Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, General Hoyt Vandenberg, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Air Force Thomas Finletter, and General Omar Bradley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.