National Park Service

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, during his visit with President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right, head lowered) and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (in foreground, left) chatting with others on the White House lawn, probably reporters. Motion picture photographers capture the event.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at Arlington National Cemetery, saluting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery (right), Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (left), on the White House lawn, shaking hands with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, present the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, posing with the Cup and Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fifth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, present the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his squad.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from right) and Drucie Snyder, Queen of the President's Cup Regatta and daughter of the Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, presenting the President's Cup to the Regatta winner Dan Foster and his group.

President Harry S. Truman, at the National Airport, shaking hands with Secretary of State James Byrnes before Byrnes' departure for the Paris Peace Conference, as other political associates look on. Front row: Senator Tom Connally, President Truman, Secretary Byrnes, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senator Arthur Vandenberg, two unidentified men. Others are unidentified.