Armed forces officers

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.

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.

General Omar N. Bradley talks to his wife, Mary Elizabeth Bradley, after assuming his new duties as Army Chief of Staff.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with wounded veterans from the Washington area during a garden party at the White House. Over 800 veterans attended the event. President Truman is shaking hands with Army Nurse Lieutenant Joan Cruchacz. Standing in the receiving line from left to right: unidentified woman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and guests at the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Front row, left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, President Truman, standing are Margaret Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Admiral Robert Dennison (standing, left); and General Robert Landry (second from left). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at the table) holds a press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida on the Naval Submarine Base to discuss how the Presidential election is having a negative effect on the settlement of foreign and domestic affairs. Standing behind President Truman is, from left to right: unidentified, unidentified, General Wallace Graham, John Steelman, Admiral Robert Dennison, William Hassett, Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, and Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and others enjoy the Army-Navy Football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, and Admiral William Leahy. In the second row standing between Truman and Margaret Truman is General Robert Dennison, President Truman's Air Force Aide. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

This is a photo General Wallace Graham, President Harry S. Truman's physician, pouring liquid into a glass. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, volume 7.