Airports

Admiral William D. Leahy (left, back to camera), President Harry S. Truman (center), and Captain Cecil Adell (right, in uniform) get into a car and prepare to leave Boca Chica Airfield for the President's Quarters at the naval base in Key West, Florida. Truman is beginning a vacation trip to Key West, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. All others are unidentified.

View of the airport from the plane of American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party as they depart from Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) during a trip to the Far East.

First Lady Bess Truman (right) and Katherine (Mrs. George C.) Marshall wait at Washington National Airport for the arrival of President Harry S. Truman, returning after a two-week vacation in Florida. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman makes a speech from a portable podium on the landing strip of the Naval Air Station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Visible behind Mr. Truman are General Robert Landry (left), Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (mostly obscured by podium), and General Harry Vaughan (front row, right). All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An officer walks behind Navy and Marine personnel lined up in formation outside a terminal building at an unidentified airport in the Caribbean, probably waiting for the arrival of President Harry S. Truman during his trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan shakes hands with Patrick J. Little, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, at the Shannon Airport in Ireland.

A group of men standing in front of an airplane at Shannon Airport, Ireland. Left to right: Colonel Patrick J. Maher; Joseph Nunan; Consulate General of Ireland Sean Nunan; Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Patrick Little; United States Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; United States Assistant Postmaster General Gael Sullivan.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party at the airport prior to departing Taipei, Taiwan. All individuals are unidentified. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (second from left) along with his aide William Gibson (left), Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup (second from right), and Major General John B. Coulter (right). The Ambassador's party await take-off time for their return to Tokyo on General Douglas MacArthur's plane "Bataan".

United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (second from the left) upon his departure from Kyoto. Major John B. Coulter (right) accompanied the Ambassador's party to Itami Airport as they depart for Tokyo. Shown from left to right: Dr. Charles N. Spinks, Ambassador Jessup, Major Anthony F. Story, Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup, and Major Coulter.