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PRESIDENT BESTOWS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON U.S. CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JULY 28. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY BESTOWED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY, WHO RETIRES TUESDAY AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS TO BECOME GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO. THE AWARD WAS A SUPRISE TO LEAHY, WHO CALLED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS PUERTO RICAN PROBLEMS. IN THE CENTER IS CHARLES EDISON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

PRESIDENT BESTOWS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON U.S. CHIEF OF NAVAL O...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTED THE SCHIFF TROPHY FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY IN NAVAL AVIATION OPERATIONS TO THE SEVENTH PATROL SQUADRON WHICH OPERATED 4,903 HOURS IN THE AIR FROM ITS SAN DIEGO BASE LAST YEAR WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF COMPETITION, THE UNIT WAS KNOWN AS SQUADRON SEVEN, COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER SILAS B. MOORE WHO IS NOW STATIONED IN HONOLULU. BUT SINCE HAS BEEN REDESIGNATED AS SQUADRON ELEVEN, NOW COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD, JR., WHO ACCEPTED THE TROPHY FROM THE PRESIDENT. L TO R: LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD; WILLIAM SCHIFF, DONOR OF THE TROPHY; ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CHARLES EDISON; ADMIRAL WILLIAM R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; ADMIRAL J.H. TOWERS, CHIEF OF NAVAL AIR CORPS; AND WALTER C. BRYAN OF THE TROPHY COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SEATED

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBE...

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ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE PROCLAMATION TERMINATING THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ESTABLISHING THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER A CONSTITUTIONAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO WISHED THE PHILIPPINO PEOPLE GOOD LUCK. FROM THE LEFT: SECRETARY CORDELL HULL, GEN. MALIN CRAIG, CHIEF OF STAFF, AND ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING. SECRETARY GEORGE DERN IS IN THE PHILIPPINES AT THIS TIME

ROOSEVELT SIGNS PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH PROCLAMATION. PRESIDENT ROOSEV...

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A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL WAS DECORATED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. AFTER THE CEREMONY THE TRIO SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WERE CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA IN AN 'OFF STAGE' MOMENT. L TO R: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; ADMIRAL HAROLD R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; AND CHARLES EDISON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AD...

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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. UNIDENTIFIED; ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR OLIVER; ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF MATHERSPOON; COL. EDWIN ST. JOHN GREBLE; COL. HENRY T. ALLEN REVIEWING G.A.R. GROUP

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HONORS AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER ON ARMISTICE DAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 11. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LED THE NATION TODAY IN OBSERVING THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE BY JOURNEYING TO THE TOMB OF AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER WHERE HE HAD A WREATH PLACED BY HIS NAVAL AIDE AND THEN STOOD FOR A MINUTE OF SILENT PRAYER. CAPT. DANIEL J. CALLAGHAN, PRESIDENTIAL AIDE, IS SHOWN PLACING THE WREATH WHILE WITH THE PRESIDENT IS BRIG. GEN. EDWIN M. WATSON, WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY. TO THE LEFT IN THE PICTURE CAN BE SEEN SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING AND ACTING SECRETARY OF NAVY CHARLES EDISON

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PRESIDENT AT UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE AT THE ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONIES AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY AND THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. IN THE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN MRS. ROOSEVELT; SECRETARY OF NAVY CLAUDE SWANSON; ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING. TO THE RIGHT IS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BETWEEN HIS NAVAL AIDE, CAPT. WILSON BROWN, AND HIS MILITARY AIDE, COL. WATSON

PRESIDENT AT UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS THE PRINC...

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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. UNIDENTIFIED; ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR OLIVER; ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF MATHERSPOON; COL. EDWIN ST. JOHN GREBLE; COL. HENRY T. ALLEN REVIEWING G.A.R. GROUP

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. UNIDENTIFIED; ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR OLIV...

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A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL WAS DECORATED WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. AFTER THE CEREMONY THE TRIO SHOWN IN THE PICTURE WERE CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA IN AN 'OFF STAGE' MOMENT. L TO R: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; ADMIRAL HAROLD R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; AND CHARLES EDISON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

A QUIET CHAT. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AD...

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CITATION FOR ADMIRAL YARNELL. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY CONFERRED UPON ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND A CITATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, TACT AND DEVOTION IN PROTECTING AMERICAN INTERESTS DURING THE CHINESE EMERGENCY. HIS CONDUCT OF AFFAIRES IN THE FAR EAST HAS RECEIVED COMMENDATIONS FROM THE NATIONALS AND MILITARY OF OTHER NATIONS AS WELL. SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ARE,FRONT: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, ADMIRAL HARRY E. YARNELL; BACK: ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, CHARLES EDISON; ADMIRAL HAROLD R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; CAPTAIN MORTON L. DEYO; AND COMMANDER LELAND P. LOVETTE

CITATION FOR ADMIRAL YARNELL. WASHINGTON, D.C. AUGUST 28. PRESIDENT RO...

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PRESIDENT AT UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE AT THE ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONIES AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY AND THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. IN THE BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN MRS. ROOSEVELT; SECRETARY OF NAVY CLAUDE SWANSON; ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR HARRY WOODRING. TO THE RIGHT IS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BETWEEN HIS NAVAL AIDE, CAPT. WILSON BROWN, AND HIS MILITARY AIDE, COL. WATSON

PRESIDENT AT UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S TOMB. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WAS THE PRINC...

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