Award presentations

President Harry S. Truman (third from the left) presenting medal of merit to John L. Sullivan (right), Secretary of the Navy. With the President and Secretary Sullivan are Mr. Sullivan's family: children Patricia, Charles, and Deborah, and his wife Priscilla. Standing on the right in the background is General Harry Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presenting Medal of Merit to James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense. In the background are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (far left) and Admiral William Leahy (between President Truman and Secretary Forrestal).

President Harry S. Truman presenting Medal of Merit to top officials. L to R: W. John Kenney, Under-Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; President Truman; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; and John L. Sullivan, Secretary of the Navy.

President Harry S. Truman (right) receiving scroll and medal from Thomas W. Palmer, President of the Pan American Society of the United States(left) and David E. Grant, Chairman of the insignia committee of the Society (center). General Harry Vaughan in the background (far right).

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents the Collier Trophy to Lewis A. Rodert (right).

President Harry S. Truman presenting Raymond Clapper Memorial Award to Nat Finney, reporter for the Des Moines Register and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Truman presented the award at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. From left to right are: Ernest B. "Tony" Vaccaro, incoming President of the White House Correspondents' Association; President Truman; Nat S. Finney; and Felix Belair, Jr., outgoing President of the Association.

President Harry S. Truman (left), is presenting the Yacht Club trophy cup. The President's Cup Regatta Cup is being received by Danny Foster, the winner of the race.

President Harry S. Truman (left), is presenting the Yacht Club trophy cup. The Presidents cup Regatta Cup is being received by Danny Foster, the winner of the race.

In ceremonies on the White House lawn, President Harry S. Truman awarded the International Harmon Trophy to Major Alexander P. De Seversky, aeronautical engineer. The Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs awarded the trophy to De Seversky for "outstanding leadership, patriotism, and unselfish devotion to the security and aeronautical progress of the United States." From left to right: Mrs. Evelyn De Seversky, Major Alexander De Seversky, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, and President Harry S. Truman. See photo 58-753-1 and 58-753-2.

The Snyder family and Truman family standing on the White House grounds as President Harry S. Truman presents a Medal for Merit to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. From left to right: Miss Drucie Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury Snyder, President Truman, Mrs. Evlyn Snyder, and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman.