Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. Photograph of President Truman shaking hands with Admiral Marc Mitscher, commander of the 8th Fleet and wartime commander of Task Force 58, during a ceremony at

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Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. Photograph of President Truman shaking hands with Admiral Marc Mitscher, commander of the 8th Fleet and wartime commander of Task Force 58, during a ceremony at the White House at which the President awarded Presidential Unit Citations to eight U.S. Navy aircraft carriers for heroic service during World War II.

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Rowe, Abbie, 1905-1967

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Abbie Rowe was a photographer for the National Park Service in Washington D.C., and had unprecedented access to the official activities of five Presidents from 1941 through 1967. He was born on August 23, 1905 in Strasburg, Virginia. He was first hired in 1930 with the Bureau of Public Roads, and went on to become a noted photographer for the National Capital Parks of the National Park Service. Many of his photographs documented public buildings and roads in and around the nation's capital. In D...

Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947

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Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during the latter half of World War II....