Smith, Walter Bedell, 1895-1961

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory Guest House in Frankfurt, Germany. From Left to right at table: William R. Boyd, Jr.; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; and General Walter Bedell Smith. Other two men unidentified.

George Marshall taking the oath of office with, pictured from left, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Admiral William D. Leahy, Rear Admiral James H. Foskett (partly obscured by Leahy), General Harry H. Vaughan, John W. Snyder, Tom C. Clark, George C. Marshall (foreground), President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk), General Walter Bedell Smith (background, next to Clark), Clinton P. Anderson, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Julius A. Krug (next to Anderson), unidentified photographer, James F. Byrnes, and Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Autographed by all present. Photographers are not identified.

President Harry S. Truman and two of the "cloak and dagger boys" seated at his desk in the White House. Left to right: President Truman, General Walter Bedell Smith, and James S. Lay, Jr. One of a series of photographs taken by Alfred Wagg for the book "Mr. President", published in 1952, by William Hillman. See Page 63. (Similar to 78-897) From: Papers of William Hillman, "Mr. President" file, Box 2 - Loose Dummy (2 of 2).

General Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, who is paying an unexpected visit to Washington, shown at his desk at the State Department this morning.

Lieut. General Walter Bedell Smith after being named successor to Averell Harriman as Ambassador to Russia. Lieut. General Smith served as Chief of Staff for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Europe. From: Beth Gore

Portrait photograph of General Walter Bedell Smith, after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Russia. From: Beth Gore