Abbie Rowe

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Collier's Congressional Award Winners, Senator Robert M. La Follette (left) and Representative Jesse P. Wolcott (right).

President Harry S. Truman watches a parade on Armed Forces Day review.

Parade for Armed Forces Day review.

Tank driving past the reviewing stand during a parade on Armed Forces Day review.

Parade marching on street during Armed Forces Day review.

George C. Marshall (center) shaking hands with Senator Tom Connally. Senator Arthur Vandenberg (left), President Harry S. Truman and James Byrnes are in the foreground. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder is in the background between President Truman and James Byrnes.

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Lady Margaret Alexander, wife of the Governor General of Canada. Standing next to President Truman is First Lady Bess Wallace Truman. On the left, behind President Truman are Harry Vaughan (second from the left), Secretary of State George Marshall (third from the left), and others.

From left to right, Harry Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and the Governor General of Canada, Harold Alexander.

James Byrnes (right) congratulating George Marshall (left) upon his swearing in as Secretary of State. President Harry S. Truman stands between them, with Admiral William Leahy (left) and Attorney General Tom Clark (right) in the background.

George C. Marshall takes the oath of office to become Secretary of State. In the foreground is (left to right) George C. Marshall and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. In the background, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Attorney General Tom Clark, President Harry S. Truman, General Walter Bedell Smith, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, unidentified photographer, James Byrnes, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach.