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

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (right). President Truman has just arrived back to Washington D. C. from Independence, Missouri.

Secretary of State George C. Marshall can be seen in the middle of a crowd gathered to meet President Harry S. Truman (who is in the photo but not identifiable) at the Touring Club Landing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (middle right) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) greet a crowd at the Touring Club Landing, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after arrival by motor launch from Galeao Airport on Governor's Island. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left, behind Truman) are escorted from the Galeao Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Brazilian officers. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (second from the right) are escorted from the Galeao Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All others are unidentified. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Under the wing of the "Independence," President Harry S. Truman (third from left) and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (fourth from the left) stand at attention for the playing of the Brazilian National Anthem. Both are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Inter-American Defense Conference. All others are unidentified. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

With the "Sacred Cow" in the background, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) and Warren Austin (right), U.S. Representative to the United Nations, are greeted by Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (center). They are in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference, Secretary of State George C. Marshall (center) talks with Ambassador William D. Pawley (left) and Brazilian Minister Raul Fernandes (right). All others are unidentified. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Disembarking from a plane are (left to right) Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Warren Austin, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and George Marshall, Secretary of State, who flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the presidential plane the "Sacred Cow" to attend the Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Shaking hands with Senator Vandenburg is United States Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley, and Lt. Col. Austin is on his Pawley's left, shaking Warren Austin's hand. Please credit: "Maj.

Pictured are an unidentified woman, unidentified man, George Marshall Tarapata, unidentified woman, and General George C. Marshall.