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President Harry S. Truman aboard the presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, during the President's visit to the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. Leaning on the side of the yacht, from left to right: unidentified, Joseph Feeney, President Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and Charles Murphy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) presents a Congressional Gold Medal authorized by Congress to Vice President Alben Barkley (left) in the Oval Office. Others in the background are unidentified.

Motorcycles riding down the street in the Armed Forces Day Parade.

Vice President Alben Barkley (center) and his wife, Mrs. Jane Barkley, admire the newly presented Congressional Gold Medal which was presented by President Harry S. Truman (right). In the background, second from the left is Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) in the Oval Office, shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley (second from left) as he presents him with a Gold Medal for distinguished service in Congress, as the Vice President's wife, Mrs. Jane Barkley (left), and Nellie Tayloe Ross, Director of the Bureau of the Mint (right), look on.

President Harry S. Truman (right) presents a Congressional Gold Medal, authorized by Congress, to Vice President Alben Barkley, in the Oval Office.

Helicopters engaged in maneuvers during weapons demonstrations at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. President Harry S. Truman (seated, first row, fourth from left) and other unidentified military dignitaries look on.

Helicopter (in the distance) engaged in maneuvers during weapons demonstrations at the U.S. Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) attended this event.

President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries on the reviewing stand during an Armed Forces Day parade. From left to right: General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, the President, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. Seated in the second row are, from left to right: Under Secretary of State James Webb, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath (partly obscured by Johnson), unidentified man, and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) and Mrs. Bess W. Truman (far right) with President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile (seated, second from right) and his wife, Mrs. Rosa Gonzalez Videla (left) at a Washington dinner during the Chilean President's visit to the United States.