Boats and boating

Image of a river boat with a steel bridge and buildings in the background, probably along the Saigon River in South Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Minister of Rural Affairs (foreground, left) is standing in front of a small boat at Binh Tuy, Vietnam. Others in the background are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) and his wife Margaret (center) with Admiral Thomas H. Binford (left) on a boat. The location and event are unknown.

This is a photograph of a beach with small boats on a river near Tuy Hoa, Vietnam.

Image of numerous docked boats with a city in the background. This location is possibly associated with the Hohnen Oil Company, Japan.

A large yacht and a small sailboat cruise pass the Williamsburg in an unidentified part of the Caribbean. The Williamsburg carried President Harry S. Truman to the Caribbean for a trip to Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Virgin Islands, and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

United States Ambassador to the Philippines Emmet O'Neal (in white suit, back to camera) boarding a vessel as United States Naval personnel stand at his sides. Others are unidentified.

North dock on the island of Corregidor, Philippines, with various boats tied to the dock.

A small naval vessel shows damage from the hurricane that struck Key West, Florida, and the Naval Air Station on September 20-21, 1948. People on board are unidentified. Truman occasionally used the boat, the "Big Wheel," on some of his fishing expeditions during his vacations in Key West.

A boat along a dock at the Key West Naval Air Station, showing damage from a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and swamped some of the smaller naval vessels docked at the Naval Air Station. All people are unidentified.