Armed forces officers

Portrait of Lt. General Walter Bedell Smith, who later became director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

President Harry S. Truman attends Memorial Day services at Water Gate. Front row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Colonel Robert Landry, Brigadier General Wallace Graham (physician to the President), Captain Robert Dennison, unidentified officer, unidentified officer, President Truman, unidentified officer, unidentified officer. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attending Memorial Day services for war dead at Water Gate and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Harry S. Truman laying wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Memorial Day ceremonies.

President Harry S. Truman attending Memorial Day ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Harry S. Truman, third from right, with others attending Memorial Day services honoring the war dead at Water Gate.

President Harry S. Truman, at left, at Memorial Day services honoring the war dead at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right), reviewing the Army Day Parade in Washington, D. C. with, from left to right, Secretary of the Army, Kenneth Royall, Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, and Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills.

President Harry S. Truman (front, second from left) meeting Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium (front row, left), at the White House. Others are Admiral William D. Leahy (second row, left), General Harry H. Vaughan (second row, second from left), and Paul Henri-Spaak.

President Harry S. Truman enjoys a meal with a group of politicians and notables at the home of Mayor Roger T. Sermon in Independence, Missouri. Seated from left to right around the table are: Edgar Hinde, J. Leonard Reinsch, unidentified man, unidentified man, Matthew Connelly, Captain James Vardaman, Mayor Sermon, President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross, unidentified man, General Harry Vaughan, Ted Marks, James Pendergast, and C.C. Bundschu.