U.S. Navy

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Governor William Hastie (right) of the Virgin Islands at "Drake's Seat," a promontory overlooking Magens Bay, on the island of St. Thomas. Truman visited St. Thomas during a vacation cruise of the area.

The large crowd gathered at the harbor at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands awaiting the arrival of President Harry S. Truman. Truman visited St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman waves while he stands on the deck of the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. With him is his daughter, Margaret Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) is swimming from the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg in the Chesapeake Bay. Also with him in the water is Captain James Foskett (third from the right) and two unidentified Secret Service agents. Others on board the ship are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and some of his friends and associates gather for a photograph while on the USS Williamsburg, during President Truman's Fourth of July holiday cruise on the Potomac. From left to right: Governor Mon Wallgren, Senator Clinton Anderson, Clark Clifford, President Truman, George Allen, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Oscar Ewing.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) rides in his automobile past a group of school children during his visit to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He visited Guantanamo Bay while on a vacation cruise. All others are unidentified

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left, in civilian clothes) is greeted by Captain E. C. Battle (foreground, second from left) upon his arrival at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Truman visited Guantanamo Bay during a vacation cruise. All others are unidentified.

School children are gathered together at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during President Truman's visit to the base. President Truman visited the base during his vacation cruise.

President Harry S. Truman, seated on the back of the open car, receives a scrapbook from twelve year old William Barrett, son of Chief Pharmacist's Mate P.W. Barrett of the United States Navy, while Admiral William Leahy (front seat) looks on. Young Barrett presented the scrapbook to the President on behalf of his schoolmates during the President's visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is met at Washington National Airport after a flight from Boca Chica, Florida, by Louis A. Johnson, nominee for Secretary of Defense. Between them is Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.