Generals

Washington, D. C. Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with a line of admirers as he arrives at the House Foreign Affairs committee room to testify today on foreign aid legislation. Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, his former military aide, is beside him. From: Houston Post.

Brig. Gen. Frederic L. Hayden (center), Senator Millard Tydings, and unidentified woman, during July 1947 trip to the Far East. They are in Okinawa, Japan. From: Presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

General Douglas MacArthur addresses representatives of Great Britain, Russia and China at the first Council meeting in Tokyo, Japan. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs surrender terms while General Richard K. Sutherland looks on. The signing took place on the battleship U.S.S. Missouri. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946

General Douglas MacArthur greets President Manuel Roxas just before the Philippine Independence Inaugural ceremonies at the Luneta in Manila. Congressman C. Jasper Bell and Postmaster Robert Hannegan look on. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

General Douglas MacArthur (right) greets President Manuel Roxas of the Philippines on his arrival in Manila for the Independence Ceremonies. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946

President Harry S. Truman (left) pinning an Oak Leaf Cluster (Distinguished Service Medal) on General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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) with General Dwight Eisenhower (center) and General Omar Bradley (right). President Truman is shaking hands with General Bradley after the General was sworn in as the new Army Chief of Staff.

General Omar Bradley and his wife, Mary E. Bradley. General Bradley had just been sworn in as the Army Chief of Staff.