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President Harry S. Truman (center) is greeted at the airport in Washington, D. C. by his daughter Margaret (left) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (right). He returning from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents the Collier Trophy to Lewis A. Rodert, chief of the flight research section of the Cleveland Laboratory on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He earned the trophy for his work in developing de-icing technology for airplanes.

President Harry S. Truman congratulates Admiral Chester W. Nimitz after a ceremony in the White house awarding Nimitz a Gold Star in lieu of earning a fourth Distinguished Service Medal. From Left to Right; President Harry S. Truman, Catherine F. Nimitz, Chester W. Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John L. Sullivan. Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right: General Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Omar Bradley. General Eisenhower is swearing in General Bradley as the new Army Chief of Staff.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right). Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right, Secretary of the Defense James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark and President Harry S. Truman share a laugh after the President arrived home at the National Airport from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman leaves a historical building in Williamsburg, Virginia, an early English colony restored to its 18th century appearance during the Canadian-American Day Convocation ceremonies at the College of William and Mary. Several unidentified women in period costumes are standing with him. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receives a toy target gun from Major General A. C. McAuliffe (right) on behalf the Field Artillery Association. The presentation occurred in President Truman's Oval Office.

Colonel Robert B. Landry (middle) sits with General Harry Vaughan (left) and Captain Robert Dennison (right) after being named Air Force Aide.

This is a photo of the exterior of the White House, showing the balcony on the South Portico. President Harry S. Truman oversaw the addition of the balcony to the White House, at a cost of $15,000. This is also referred to as the "Truman Balcony."