Marshall and Aleman at Mount Vernon
President Miguel Aleman (right) of Mexico and Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) at George Washington's gravesite at Mount Vernon.
Chief Justice Fred Vinson (foreground, right) swears in George C. Marshall (foreground, left) as Secretary of State in the Oval Office as President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk), other dignitaries and the press look on.
George C. Marshall (second from left) shakes hands with his predecessor as Secretary of State, James Byrnes, as President Harry S. Truman looks on, on the occasion of Marshall's taking the oath of office as Secretary of State in the Oval Office. On the left is Senator Tom Connally of Texas; in the background, to the right of Byrnes, is Attorney General Tom Clark and Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Others are unidentified.