U.S. Navy

Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan (left) speaks with Naval officers aboard the ship Lenore on their way to the Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland, with President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) and his entourage. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An excursion boat is photographed from the deck of the Lenore where President Harry S. Truman watches the Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan relax on the boat Lenore during a lull in the Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland. (Same as 98-789) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

John L. Sullivan (center), Secretary of the Navy, is surrounded by unidentified officers as he stands on the deck of the ship Lenore watching the Cornell-Navy crew races at Annapolis, Maryland, during President Harry S. Truman's visit to the U.S. Naval Academy. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with a Naval officer as he leave his motor car to watch the Cornell-Navy crew races aboard the ship Lenore at Annapolis, Maryland. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) on the deck of the ship Lenore recording the Cornell-Navy crew races with his movie camera. (Same as 98-791). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Press Secretary Charles Ross (right), and unidentified others stand on the deck of the boat Lenore watching the Cornell-Navy crew races during a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. (Same as 98-793) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman walks with Naval officers toward Isherwood Hall, the Department of Marine Engineering, during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. From left to right: Brigadier General Wallace Graham; Major General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; President Truman; and Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman leaves the United States Naval Academy by car with others. Back row (left to right): President Truman; Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (partially obscured); and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. First row (left to right): Captain James Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; and Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman reviews the Brigade of Midshipmen during his visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Front row (from left to right): Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; President Truman; Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Superintendent of the Naval Academy; and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. Second row (from left to right): Major General Harry H. Vaughan; Captain James H. Foskett, Presidential Naval Aide; Captain Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command; and Captain William R. Smedberg, Aide to Secretary Forestall.