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President Harry S. Truman welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent on his first official visit to the United States. President Truman greeted Prime Minister St. Laurent outside Blair House in Washington, DC.

 

Surrounded by members of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc. (CARE), President Harry S. Truman makes a statement to promote famine relief in Europe in the Rose Garden at the White House. Front row, left to right: Major General Glen Edgerton; President Truman; executive director of CARE, Lt. General William N. Haskell. The men in the back row are not specifically identified, but according to the president's appointment book, Walter A. Joyce and Tom Burland also attended this event.

Close-up portrait of President Harry S. Truman as he signed the Housing Act of 1949.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center) with a gas station owner Carroll Kehne, studying a road map. The Trumans stopped at this Gulf Station at 400 West Patrick Street, Frederick, Maryland, on their road trip. Former President Truman had driven his own car from Missouri to Washington, D.C., to attend to business related to the projected Truman Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman greeted by Konrad Adenauer, the Federal German Chancellor, in Bonn, during Mr. Truman's visit to the Federal German Capitol.

Admiral William D. Leahy and President Harry S. Truman study a map while aboard the Presidential airplane, "The Independence."

President Harry S. Truman (right) with his personal staff, Joseph Short (foreground, lower left corner), Charles Murphy, and John Steelman (with sunglasses), aboard the Presidential plane "The Independence". From: Photo World - New York.

President Harry S. Truman (center at podium) is shown preparing to present the Congressional Medal of Honor to Commander Richard H. O'Kane, Dover, New Hampshire, for bravery shown as commander of the submarine the USS Tang during battle near the Philippine Islands on October 23-24, 1944. The event was held on the White House lawn. Standing on the left is President Truman's Military Aide Harry Vaughan. Standing directly behind Truman is Captain James Vardaman, Naval Aide and to his right is Admiral William Leahy.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) is congratulating recent Congressional Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Major William E. Barber, West Liberty, Kentucky. Major Barber received this award for his actions in Korea during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in 1950. The award presentation took place in the Rose Garden at the White House. Family and friends are in view behind President Truman and Major Barber.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is shaking hands with U.S. Army Master Sergeant Charles L. McCaha, Cosby, Tennessee, after he presented him the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery shown during battle at Luzon, Philippine Islands on February 7, 1945. The event was held on the White House lawn. Standing to the back left of President Truman is Naval Aide Captain James K. Vardaman and directly behind Truman is Admiral William D. Leahy.