U.S. Navy

Charlie Ross briefs members of the press during the trip to Wake Island. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

President Harry S. Truman and others view blow hole during tour of Hawaii. President Truman is en route to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album.

Officer's Club at Kailua Beach in Hawaii, where President Truman stopped to visit en route to Wake Island. President Truman is not in this photograph. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

General Omar Bradley and President Harry S. Truman at the Pali in Hawaii. President Truman is en route to Wake Island. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

President Truman at the Nuuanu Pali in Hawaii during a stop en route to Wake Island. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

Officers awaiting the arrival of President Truman at Hickam Field in Hawaii. President Harry S. Truman is en route to Wake Island for a conference with General Douglas MacArthur. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

Press Secretary Charles Ross breaks the news that Wake Island is to be the scene of the conference between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur, at a press conference in Hawaii. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

General Omar Bradley and Admiral Arthur Radford at Hickam Field in Hawaii. President Truman (not in photograph) has landed at Hickam Field en route to the Wake Island Conference with General Douglas MacArthur. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

The "Independence," President Truman's airplane, at Hickam Field in Hawaii. It is en route to Wake Island for the conference between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

President Truman arrives at Hickam Field in Hawaii, en route to Wake Island. He is descending from his airplane, the Independence. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album