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Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959

Truman reviews Army Day parade

President Harry S. Truman seated at the reviewing stand for Army Day in Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills. In the second row are Colonel Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan (between Royall and Forrestal), and Admiral William D. Leahy (between Truman and Mills). All others are unidentified.

Truman reviews Army Day parade

President Harry S. Truman seated at the reviewing stand for Army Day in Washington, D. C. Front row, left to right: unidentified officer, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Earle W. Mills. In the second row are Colonel Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan (between Royall and Forrestal), and Admiral William D. Leahy (between Truman and Mills). All others are unidentified.

Truman, Churchill and Leahy arriving at the conference area

President Harry S. Truman (left) and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) at the bottom of the stairs of the "Little White House," the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Standing at the top of the stairs are Admiral William Leahy (far left) and Mary Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill (second from right). At the right is General Harry Vaughan. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Truman with Hoffman

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) shakes hands with Paul Hoffman (foreground, left) after being sworn in as administrator of the Economic Recovery Corporation in a ceremony in the oval office. Chief Justice Fred Vinson stands in the middle. Standing in the background, from left to right: Attorney General Tom Clark; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett; Edwin Nourse, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Admiral William D. Leahy; two unidentified men.

Truman attending mass burial at Arlington

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman attending the burial of twenty soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. These twenty were the first war dead now returned to be buried in the United States. Standing in the group between the rows of caskets are, front row, from left to right: President Truman; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; unidentified. In the second row, standing behind President Truman are Admiral William D.

Truman at Arlington National Cemetery

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman attending the burial of twenty soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. These twenty were the first war dead now returned to be buried in the United States. Standing in the group between the rows of caskets are, front row, from left to right: President Truman; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall; Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan; unidentified. In the second row, standing behind President Truman are Admiral William D.

Truman at Arlington National Cemetery, prior to wreath-laying ceremony

President Harry S. Truman (center, left) walking toward the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, prior to the wreath-laying ceremony. Walking behind President Truman are, from left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; Major General Harry Vaughan; Captain James Foskett; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; and Under Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan. Others are unidentified.