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Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office

Harry S. Truman taking the oath of office at the White House after the death of President Roosevelt. From left to right: Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Henry Stimson, Secretary of War; Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, War Production Board Administrator; James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture; Francis McNamee, Department Chairman, War Manpower Commission; Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury; Harry S.

President Truman with Hoover Commission members

First meeting of the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission. Front Row, left to right: George H. Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John L. McClellan. Back Row, left to right: Clarence Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur Flemming, Dean Acheson, James Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Same as 59-1365-1.

President Truman and his Cabinet

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet, 1947. From left to right: Cliton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Hannegan, Postmaster General; Robert Patterson, Secretary of War; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Tom Clark, Attorney General; James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy.

President Truman and his Cabinet

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet, 1947. From left to right: Cliton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Hannegan, Postmaster General; Robert Patterson, Secretary of War; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Tom Clark, Attorney General; James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy.

President Harry S. Truman Awards the Medal of Honor

President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Marine Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., of Henderson, Kentucky. This award was presented to this soldier and three others this day at a ceremony on the White House grounds. PFC Skaggs kept fighting for eight hours in the Guam landing, July, 1944, despite serious wounds which later cost him his left leg. Standing next to President Truman is Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Families

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the White House with Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (front row) their family members, and military officials. From left to right, front row: Major Everett P. Pope, United States Marine Corps, North Quincy and Wollaston, Massachusetts; Private First Class Gino J. Merli, United States Army, Peckville, Pennsylvania; Laurett Graham (niece of Lieutenant Rouh); Private First Class Luther Skaggs, Jr., United States Marine Corps, Henderson and Brownsville, Kentucky; and First Lieutenant Carlton Rouh, United States Marine Corps, Lindenwold, New Jersey.

Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremony in East Room of White House

Military officials and dignitaries are seated in the East Room of the White House for a Congressional Medal of Honor presentation ceremony. A portrait of First Lady Martha Washington is visible on the wall behind the men. George Marshall, United States Army Chief of Staff, is seated third from the right on the first row. General Omar Bradley is seated on the far right on the second row. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal is seated front row, left. and Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson is seated in the front row, second from left. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Recipient

President Harry S. Truman, center, is shown awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to one of the 28 recipients (left) who received the award in the East Room of the White House in front of family and dignitaries. The man standing behind the desk is Major General Harry Vaughan. The dignitaries seated in the front row on the right are (from right to left): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; Secretary of War Henry Stimson; unidentified man; General George C. Marshall; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; and General Henry "Hap" Arnold. A group of photographers are visible behind the President.

Cabinet Officers Attend Truman-Barkley Dinner

This is a view of one of the tables at the dinner honoring President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Standing in the center from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Seated on the right is Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson. All others are unidentified.